FANNY BURNEY (MADAME D'ARBLAY) BY AUSTIN DOBSON New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1903 All rights reserved PREFACE THE main sources for this memoir of Frances or Fanny Burney, - afterwards Madame D'Arblay, — in addition to her novels, the literature of the period, and the works specified in the footnotes, are as follows: 1. Memoirs of Dr. Burney, arranged from his own Manuscript, from Family Papers, and from Personal Recollections. By his Daughter, Madame D'Arblay. In Three Volumes. London: Moxon, 1832. 2. Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay, Author of "Evelina," "Cecilia," etc. Edited by her Niece. [In Seven Volumes.] London: Colburn, 1842-46. [The edition here used is Swan Sonnenschein's four volume issue of 1892.] 3. The Early Diary of Frances Burney, 1768-1778. With a Selection from her Correspondence, and from the Journals of her Sisters Susan and Charlotte Burney. Edited by Annie Raine Ellis. In Two Volumes. London: George Bell and Sons, 1889. I am indebted to the kindness of Archdeacon Burney, Vicar of St. Mark's, Surbiton, for access to his unique extra-illustrated copy of the Diary and Letters of 1842-6, which contains, among other |