Excerpt from The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson, Author of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison, Vol. 3 of 6: Selected From the Original Manuscripts, Bequeathed by Him to His Family; To Which Are Prefixed a Biographical Account of That Author, and Observations on His Writings In short, you have given me a touchstone by which I shall try the hearts of my acquaint ance, and judge which of them are true standard. 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.