Note 650 — 1830
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Peter Henry Bruce, having given in his entertaining Memoirs the substance of this Tale,[666] affirms that, besides the concurring reports of others, he had the story from the lady's own mouth.
The Lady Catherine, mentioned towards the close, is[667] the famous Catherine, then bearing that name as the acknowledged Wife of Peter the Great.—W. W. 1835.
The title of this poem in the MS. copy by Mrs. Wordsworth is—
INA, OR, THE LODGE IN THE FOREST, A Russian Tale.
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