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Show lh· J. S. HEDFIELD, In the Clt>rk'~ 0/licc of the District Court of the UnitPd Stntf's, in 1011tl for tlw S<Jull1crn Diatrict of New York. ADVERTISEMENT. IT might be of some usc to such of' our young autltors as arc just about to begin th eir career in letters, were I to state the reasons which governed me, some cig!Jtccu years ngo, in givi11g this sto ry, with SC\'Cral others of the same family, to the public, anonymously. But I am not prcpa1·ed, just yet, to c ntCL' the confessional. '!'he matter is of n sort to keep. I treasure up much curious Jiter:.uy ILi :,tory, the frui t of a protmctea exper ience, in rcscn 'c for a chy and voltLlllC of greater leisure :mel deliberation. EnougJ, now, to say that T hacl my interest ay, and my fun too-in the mystery with wJ,idt the publication of the work was original ly clothed; an(~, if I had one counsel, over all, to impart to tho young beginner, it shou ld be to cling to the anonymous in li tcr:lf.mo as long as it will aflOrd I lim a decent cover. '\V ere I now, for tho first t ime, beginning my own career, with tlto possession of the smallest part of rny present experience, my left lHtnd should never know what my right is doing. I should not only keep the public in ignorance of my peculiar la bors, but 1 sltouh1, quite <HI roligionsly, keep tho secret ft·orn my friends :ttH} :.ISSOeiatos. rJlltis is especially ueccssary, if you would be s:tfc; if you would have anything like fair play; if you wontd C'H'rtp(• f'mm a thousand impcrti- |