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Preface
_ MRS. LEICESTER‘S SCHOOL, OR, THE HISTORY OF SEVERAL YOUNG LADIES
RELATED BY THEMSELVES
(_Written 1808. 1st Edition 1809. Text of 2nd Edition 1809_)
DEDICATION.
TO
THE YOUNG LADIES AT AMWELL SCHOOL
 ;
My dear young friends,
Though released from the business of the school, the absence of your governess confines me to Amwell during the vacation. I cannot better employ my leisure hours than in contributing to the amusement of you my kind pupils, who, by your affectionate attentions to my instructions, have rendered a life of labour pleasant to me.
On your return to school I hope to have a fair copy ready to present to each of you of your own biographical conversations last winter.
Accept my thanks for the approbation you were pleased to express when I offered to become your _amanuensis_. I hope you will find I have executed the office with a tolerably faithful pen, as you know I took notes each day during those conversations, and arranged my material
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