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Charlotte Temple, a tale of truth; reprinted from the rare first American edition (1794), over twelve hundred errors in later editions being corected, and the preface restored; with an historical and biographical introduction, bibliography, etc., by Francis W. Halsey.

  
CHARLOTTE TEMPLE Two Volumes in One
  
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[dedication]
  
WHY THIS EDITION
  
CONTENTS
  
VOLUME II
  
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
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I. MRS. ROWSON
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II THE BOOK
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III CHARLOTTE
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IV THE TOMBSTONE
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V MONTRAVILLE
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VI THE LAST DAYS OF MONTRÉSOR AND MONTRAVILLE
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VII A CONTRIBUTION TO A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1790 -1825
  
1825 -1850
  
1850 -1875
  
1875 -1905
  
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Footnotes
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CHARLOTTE TEMPLE A Tale of Truth IN TWO VOLUMES
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Volume I.
  
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THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE
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CHAPTER I A BOARDING SCHOOL
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CHAPTER II DOMESTIC CONCERNS
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CHAPTER III UNEXPECTED MISFORTUNES
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CHAPTER IV CHANGE OF FORTUNE
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CHAPTER V SUCH THINGS ARE
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CHAPTER VI AN INTRIGUING TEACHER
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CHAPTER VII NATURAL SENSE OF PROPRIETY INHERENT IN THE FEMALE BOSOM
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CHAPTER VIII DOMESTIC PLEASURES PLANNED
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CHAPTER IX WE KNOW NOT WHAT A DAY MAY BRING FORTH
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CHAPTER X WHEN WE HAVE EXCITED CURIOSITY, IT IS BUT AN ACT OF GOOD NATURE TO GRATIFY IT
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CHAPTER XI CONFLICT OF LOVE AND DUTY
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CHAPTER XII Nature's last, best gift: Creature in whom excell'd, whatever could To sight or thought be nam'd! Holy, divine! good, amiable, and sweet! How thou art fall'n!—
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CHAPTER XIII CRUEL DISAPPOINTMENT
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CHAPTER XIV MATERNAL SORROW
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CHAPTER XV EMBARKATION
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CHAPTER XVI NECESSARY DIGRESSION
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CHAPTER XVII A WEDDING
  
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Volume II.
  
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CHAPTER XVIII REFLECTIONS
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CHAPTER XIX A MISTAKE DISCOVERED
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CHAPTER XX Virtue never appears so amiable as when reaching forth her hand to raise a fallen sister. Chapter of Accidents
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CHAPTER XXI Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see, That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.—Pope.
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CHAPTER XXII SORROWS OF THE HEART
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CHAPTER XXIII A MAN MAY SMILE, AND SMILE, AND BE A VILLAIN
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CHAPTER XXIV MYSTERY DEVELOPED
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CHAPTER XXV RECEPTION OF A LETTER
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CHAPTER XXVI WHAT MIGHT BE EXPECTED
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CHAPTER XXVII Pensive she mourn'd, and hung her languid head, Like a fair lily overcharg'd with dew.
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CHAPTER XXVIII A TRIFLING RETROSPECT
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CHAPTER XXIX WE GO FORWARD AGAIN
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CHAPTER XXX And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame, But leaves the wretch to weep.
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CHAPTER XXXI SUBJECT CONTINUED
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CHAPTER XXXII REASONS WHY AND WHEREFORE
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CHAPTER XXXIII WHICH PEOPLE VOID OF FEELING NEED NOT READ
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CHAPTER XXXIV RETRIBUTION
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CHAPTER XXXV CONCLUSION
  
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1875 -1905

Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth. By Mrs. Susan nah Rawson [sic]. 12mo, pp. 190. New York. Lupton, 1876 (?).

— 16mo, paper, pp. 98. New York. Munro. [n. d.]
*Printed from small type, with a portrait on the cover.

— 18mo, boards. New York. Fisher, 1880.

Charlotte and Lucy Temple. By Mrs. Rowson. 16mo. Philadelphia. Lippincott, 1881.

Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth. By Mrs. Rowson. Quarto. New York.Ogilvie, 1881.

— 8vo, paper. Philadelphia. Barclay, 1883.

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Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth. By Mrs. Rowson. [German text.] 8vo, paper. Philadelphia. Barclay, 1883.

— 16mo, paper. New York. Lovell, 1884.

— Quarto, paper. New York. Munro, 1884.

— 12mo, paper. New York. Munro, 1884.

— 12mo, paper, pp. 119. New York. Munro, 1894.

— Paper. New York. Optimus, 1894.

— 12mo, pp. 119. New York. Munro. [n. d.]

— 12mo, paper, pp. 135. New York. Hurst [n.d.]

Charlotte and Lucy Temple. By Susannah Rowson. Two volumes in one. 12mo, paper, pp. 119. New York. Ogilvie. [n. d.]

— 24mo, cloth, pp. vi., 5-254, frontispiece and vignette. London. Milner & Co. [n. d.]
*The binding of the copy examined is recent, but the text plates and illustration seem to have been made about thirty years ago.

Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth. By Mrs. Rowson. 12mo, paper, pp. 190. Chicago. Conkey. [n. d.]

— 12mo, paper, pp. 135. New York. Hurst, 1892.

— 18mo, cloth. New York. Optimus. [n. d.]

— 12mo, cloth. New York. Federal Book Co. [n. d.]

— 24mo, cloth, pp. 259, frontispiece. Philadelphia. Altemus. [n. d.]

— 24mo, half vellum, pp. 259, frontispiece. Philadelphia. Altemus. [n.d.]
* Same plates as preceding, the text extremely corrupt.

— 12mo, paper, pp. 119. New York. Ogilvie. [n. d.]

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Charlotte Temple: A Tale of Truth. By Mrs. Rowson. 18mo, paper. New York. Federal Book Co.[n. d.]
*Of the cheap paper editions here named as published during the period 1875-1905, all but two seem now to be out of print. The others, in well-worn condition, may from time to time be picked tip in the little shops of tenement districts.

— 12mo, cloth. Two volumes in one. With an Historical and Biographical Introduction, Bibliography, and Foot-Notes by Francis W. Halsey. Seventeen illustrations, pp. cix., 137-150. New York and London. Funk & Wagnalls Co., 1905.
*Reprinted from the First American Edition of 1794. over 1200, errors corrected, and the author's Preface restored.

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