THE WORKS AND LIFE OF LAURENCE STERNE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ YORK EDITION. The Sutton Issue of the LIFE and WORKS of LAURENCE STERNE, printed at The Westminster Press, New York, is limited to Seven Hundred and Fifty Sets, of which this is Set No. 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: LAURENCE STERNE Etching by Hédouin. ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE JOURNAL TO ELIZA AND VARIOUS LETTERS BY LAURENCE STERNE AND ELIZABETH DRAPER WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY WILBUR L. CROSS [Illustration: Publisher’s Logo] J. F. TAYLOR & COMPANY NEW YORK ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright 1904, by J. F. TAYLOR & COMPANY NEW YORK THE WESTMINSTER PRESS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE JOURNAL TO ELIZA AND VARIOUS LETTERS TAKEN FROM THE GIBBS MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER SOURCES MOSTLY PUBLISHED NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME [Illustration: Publisher’s Logo] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION ii LETTERS FROM YORICK TO ELIZA 15 THE JOURNAL TO ELIZA 51 ORIGINAL LETTERS OF LAURENCE STERNE 155 LETTERS OF ELIZABETH DRAPER 165 AN EULOGY BY THE ABBÉ RAYNAL 281 FOOTNOTES 288 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE Laurence Sterne. Etching by Frontispiece Hédouin