RUPERT GODWIN
Reading edition
A Novel
BY THE AUTHOR OF
“LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET,” “AURORA FLOYD” “VIXEN,” “ISHMAEL,” “WYLLARD’S WEIRD” ETC. ETC.
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PUBLISHERS’ ANNOUNCEMENT.
Rupert Godwin was written for, and first appeared in, a cheap Weekly Journal. From this source the Tale was translated into the French language, and ran as the leading story in the Journal pour Tous. It was there discovered by an American, who re-translated the matter back into English, and who obtained an outlet for the new translation in the columns of the New-York Mercury. These and other versions have been made without the slightest advantage to the Author; or, indeed, without the faintest approach to any direct communication to her on the subject. Influenced by the facts as here stated, the Author has revised the original, and now offers the result for what it is, namely, a Tale of Incident written to amuse the short intervals of leisure which the readers of popular periodicals can snatch from their daily avocations.