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Excerpt from The Life of John Oliver Hobbes: Told in Her Correspondence With Numerous Friends I am deeply indebted to a friend who wishes to remain unknown for the arrangement of the letters in this volume, but I am sure he is well aware of my appreciation and gratitude. To Miss Zoe Procter, devoted friend and secretary to Mrs. Craigie, I am most grateful, not only for letters placed at my disposal, but for invaluable assistance in every part of the work. The published letters "To a Friend" were addressed to Miss Procter. To the correspondents of my daughter, (too numerous to name individually in this note, ) who have generously lent me her letters, I wish in this place to repeat the thanks I have privately expressed and acknowledged. It is a great pleasure to mention my sincere obligation to Mr. Fisher Unwin for his willing and open-hearted answer to my request for letters, and data relating to the publication of Mrs. Craigie's various works. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.