IF to teach the Man of _Fortune_ how to use it; the Man of _Passion_ how to subdue it; and the Man of _Intrigue_, how, gracefully, and with Honour to himself, to _reclaim_: IF to give _practical_ Examples, worthy to be followed in the most _critical_ and _affecting_ Cases, by the [_del._ 5th] {modest} _Virgin_, the [_del._ 5th] {chaste} _Bride_, and the [_del._ 5th] {obliging} _Wife_: IF to effect all these good Ends, [_del._ 8th] {in so probable, so natural, so _lively_ a manner, as shall engage the Passions of every sensible Reader, and strongly interest them in the edifying Story: AND all} without raising a single _Idea_ throughout the Whole, that shall shock the exactest Purity, even in those tender Instances where the exactest Purity would be most apprehensive: IF these [_del._ 5th] {, (embellished with a great Variety of entertaining Incidents)} be laudable or worthy Recommendations of any Work, the Editor of the following Letters, which have their Foundation in _Truth_ [_del._ 8th] {and _Nature_}, ventures to assert, that all these desirable Ends are obtained [8th, change 1.] {in these Sheets: And as he is therefore confident of the favourable Reception which he boldly bespeaks for this little Work; he thinks any _further Preface_ or _Apology_ for it, unnecessary: And the rather for two Reasons, 1st. Because he can Appeal from _his own_ Passions, (which have been uncommonly _moved_ in perusing these engaging Scenes) to the Passions of _Every one_ who shall read them with the least Attention: And, in the next place, because an _Editor_ may reasonably be supposed to judge with an Impartiality which is rarely to be met with in an _Author_ towards his own Works.} The Editor. To the Editor of the Piece intitled, PAMELA; or, _VIRTUE Rewarded_. _Dear SIR,_ I have had inexpressible Pleasure in the Perusal of your PAMELA. It intirely answers the Character you give of it in your Preface; nor have you said one Word too much in Commendation of a Piece that has Advantages and Excellencies peculiar to itself. For, besides the beautiful Simplicity of the Style, and a happy Propriety and Clearness of Expression (the Letters being written under the immediate Impression of every Circumstance which occasioned them, and that to those who had a Right to know the fair Writer’s most secret Thoughts) the several Passions of the Mind must, of course, be more affectingly described, and Nature may be traced in her undisguised Inclinations with much more Propriety and Exactness, than can possibly be found in a Detail of Actions long past, which are never recollected with the same Affections, Hopes, and Dreads, with which they were felt when they occurred.