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Excerpt from The Romance of the Association: Or, One Last Glimpse of Charlotte Temple and Eliza Wharton, a Curiosity of Literature and Life This little brochure is published by request and by subscription. It is not offered to those who read it as a work of art; not even as a contribution to literature nor as a satisfactory solution of the problem of Eliza Wharton's destiny. A work of art must have been mercilessly shorn of details, and of all indirection that would detract from its climax. A contribution to literature must challenge sympathies broad as the language. A solution of an old mystery must bring justification and proof to every assertion. No one of these things is here attempted. On the contrary, it was the wish of those for whose pleasure it was written to preserve all the details that would recall hereafter the charmed week at Hartford, although at times these might disguise the thread of the story. Again, the sympathies to which the story is addressed are limited. The members of the Association present at Hartford, during the last days in August, 1874; a few persons who have heard the manuscript read; and women with good memories in the rural homesteads up and down the Connecticut River, - may be all who will read it with interest. Why then should it be printed? For the same reason that Mr. Bigelow tells what he knows of the History of Franklin's manuscript. "The facts here set down if preserved may lead to the discovery of others which will complete the story." 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.