The Epistolary Correspondence Of Sir Richard Steele Letters

These two volumes of the letters of Sir Richard Steele, compiled by the publisher John Nichols, were published in 1809.

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Excerpt from The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele, Vol. 2 of 2: Including His Familiar Letters to His Wife and Daughters; To Which Are Prefixed, Fragments of Three Plays Preface to the Englishman, vol. II. 1 395 To Lady Steele 398 - 409 From the Editor of a Lady's Travels into Spain 410 To Lady Steele. 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.