Preface
_ THE TRUE STORY OF MY LIFE: A SKETCH
TRANSLATED BY MARY HOWITT.
To MESSRS. MUNROE AND CO.
Gentlemen,--I take this opportunity of forwarding to you, the _proof sheets_ of the unpublished Life of Hans Christian Andersen-- translated from a copy transmitted to me for that purpose, by the Author. It is as well to state that this is the Author‘s Edition, he being participant in the proceeds of this work.
I remain, gentlemen,
Yours truly,
MARY HOWITT.
LONDON, June 29, 1847.
TO JENNY LIND
THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE TRUE STORY OF HER FRIEND‘S LIFE
IS INSCRIBED IN ADMIRATION OF HER BEAUTIFUL TALENTS
AND STILL MORE BEAUTIFUL LIFE,
BY
MARY HOWITT.
PREFACE.
No literary labor is more delightful to me than translating the beautiful thoughts and fancies of Hans Christian Andersen. My heart is in the work, and I feel as if my spirit were kindred to his； just as our Saxon English seems to me eminently fitted to give the simple, pure, and noble sentiment

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