Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. The world, created and peopled by Jane Austen, is imperfect only in being too small. We pass through the magic door into fairyland, and hardly have we shed the muddy vesture of our vulgar, strident conict beyond, than we find ourselves once more faced with the necessity Of resuming it. What would not those of us who love Pride and Prejudice give for the discovery of another half dozen novels by the same hand, comparable with it?