The opening of Preface
It was the express wish of Lady HUNTINGDON, that, at least for some years after her decease, her memory should be suffered to rest, and her actions to make their own impression on the minds of men. In deference to this wish, all attempts at the publication of her Correspondence have been resisted by her noble relatives; and it is only at the present day that a Cadet of her illustrious family, after long years employed in the collection and examination of the documents and papers to which he alone, perhaps, was in a condition to have easy and continued access, has been induced to arrange his materials into the form of a MEMOIR OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SELINA, COUNTESS OF HUNTINGDON.