<I will add but one word as to the alterations I have
made. They are principally those of style. I have changed no
portion of the story, nor introduced any new ideas or
circumstances. I have mended the language where it was so bald
as to interfere with the interest of the narrative; and these
changes occur almost exclusively in the beginning of the first
volume. Throughout they are entirely confined to such parts as
are mere adjuncts to the story, leaving the core and substance
of it untouched.
M.W.S.
London, October 15, 1831.>