Excerpt from The Young Lady's Companion: In a Series of Letters Of the superstructure designed to be erected, that precious corner-stone of the Gospel, which can alone give permanence to the fabric. The ideas contained in this little work, have been either suggested by the author's own mind, or have been drawn by her from the publications of others, to whose labours she acknowledges herself to be greatly indebted, by her anxiety for the happiness of a beloved young relative, to whom she sustains the relation acknowledged in the following pages. It has also been suggested to her that a work issued from a western press, might be more calculated for usefulness in this interesting portion of our Union, which as yet has been untried ground for authors of works professedly prepared for young ladies. August, 1839. 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.