cates, cannot fail to cause it to be read with delight and edification by all those whose thoughts tend to serious reflection. If patience under affliction constitutes one of the cardinal virtues, we find it there exemplified in our Christian heroine, throughout the whole of her thorny peregrination. The occurrence of her shipwreck, captivity and deliverance, afford convincing proof of the omnipresence of the Almighty. We recommend its perusal to the attention of our young females, in a particular manner, as Mrs. Bradley sets a shining example to her sex, in her struggles against the calamities of life, under circumstances the most uncomfortable.

This publication having passed through a number of editions in England, and received an uncommon degree of patronage there, being printed almost verbatim from the original manuscript of Mrs. B. as the English publisher declares—We are induced to present it to the American public under a full conviction of its being patronized in proportion to its merits. If in this land of piety and good morals, the account of theultimate triumph of Faith in our blessed Redeemer exemplified in our christian heroine, in a land teeming with infidelity, deserves perusal, then the following pages cannot but be read with the utmost delight.

The publishers of the European edition from which this is copied, being acquainted with the family of the writer of this narrative, and the circumstances of the unfortunate voyage upon which it was founded, clearly demonstrates the truth of the facts herein contained.

Without any further remarks, we now submit the following interesting journal to the attention of the American public.

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