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  BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

  The Preface to the first edition is reproduced from a copy at theHuntington Library, the Postscript to the fourth edition of _Clarissa_from a copy in the Rare Books Room of the Library of the University ofNorth Carolina. _Hints of Prefaces for Clarissa_ is a transcript of amanuscript in the Forster Collection (Vol. XV, ff 49-58) in the Victoriaand Albert Museum. (Single underlinings have been rendered in italics,double underlinings in boldface.) Thanks is extended to theseinstitutions for their kind permission for the reproduction of thismaterial.