Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Tiffany Vergon, Tonya Allen, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS BY CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH. ABRIDGED, CHIEFLY IN PARTS PERTAINING TO POLITICAL AND OTHER CONTROVERSIES PREVALENT AT THE TIME IN GREAT BRITAIN. CONTENTS. LETTER I. CHILDHOOD.--Reasons--Design--Martyrs' prison--Palace garden--Scenery-- Music--Study--Politics--A brother--Protestantism--The Bible--Judicious plan LETTER II. YOUTH.--Private journals--Romance--The drama--Poetical taste--Loss of hearing--Books--A change--Rural life--Stays--Tight-lacing--Ruinous custom--The country LETTER III. EARLY DAYS.--Idling--Convictions--Anticipating evil--Mischievous errors --Unreal estimates--Fake views--A parting--Fraternal love LETTER IV. YOUTH.--A grandmother--Unfashionable taste--A bereavement--Changes-- Travels--Punctuality--Ocean scenery--False confidence--A storm--Wonders of the deep--Recklessness--An Arab steed--A fragment--Escapes-- Housewifery--Nova Scotia--Indians--Cosmopolitanism--Home LETTER V. IRELAND.--Oxford--Irishmen--The journey--The arrival--An escape--Dublin --St. John's eve--The dance--Paganism--Trials--Levying distress-- Convictions--Terrors--Awakened conscience--God's teaching--Joy and peace LETTER VI. RELIGIOUS PROGRESS.--The church--Socinianism--Temptation--Metaphysics-- Athanasian creed--An epoch--My first tract--A new friend--"Hail Mary"-- Christian communion LETTER VII. KILKENNY.--A new residence--Another snare--Compromise--An apostate--"End of controversy"--The snare broken--Another attack--An argument-- Discussion--The result LETTER VIII. The dumb boy.--A pupil--Jack's commencement--Inquiry--A dilemma--Dawning light--Seasonings--A sunbeam--A soul born--A protester--Idolatry-- Faithfulness--Summons--Superstition--National character--Confession-- Infernal machinery LETTER IX. England.--The dumb boy--Jack's adventure--Departure from Ireland--Hannah More--A carnal politician--Treachery--Afflictions--Jack's progress-- Prayer--Mercies--A soldier--A home--False judgment--Tranquillity LETTER X. Sandhurst.--A proposal--A snare--An incident--Papal fulmination--Jack's petition--Happy caution--Perseverance--Zeal--Testimonies--A contrast LETTER XI. Separation.--Prejudices--Home--Forebodings--Danger--Trying scenes-- Queries--Awful contrast--Cadets--Retrospections--A visitation--Sympathy --True feeling LETTER XII. Employment.--Sabbath meetings--Boys--An event--Forgiveness--Prejudices-- The Irish language--St. Giles's--A project--The Irish church LETTER XIII. A sunset.--A termination--A sunset--Resignation--The red hand--Joy and peace--True wisdom--Sympathy--Earnestness--A dying protest--Sleeping in Jesus LETTER XIV. A removal.--An appeal--Irish schools--Literary labors--Antinomianism-- Conclusion SUBSEQUENT LIFE AND DEATH OF THE AUTHOR PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS LETTER I. CHILDHOOD.