The novels of Charles Brockden Brown, consisting of Wieland;or, The transformation. Arthur Mervyn; or, Memoirs of the year 1793. Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a sleep-walker. Jane Talbot. Ormond; or, The secret witness. Clara Howard; or, The enthusiasm of love. With a memoir of the author.

JANE TALBOT. 211
Mr. Colden has made no secret to us of the relation
in which he stood to you. We are well acquainted with
the cause of your late separation. Will you excuse me
for expressing the deep regret which that event gave me?
That regret is the deeper, since the measures which he
immediately adopted have put it out of his power to
profit by any change in your views.
My husband's brother being on the point of embarking in a voyage to the western coast of America and to
China, Mr. Colden prevailed upon his friends to permit
him to embark also, as a joint adventurer in the voyage.
They have been gone already upwards of a year. We
have not heard of them since their touching at Tobago
and Brazil.
The voyage will be very tedious; but, as it will open
scenes of great novelty to the mind of our friend, and
as it may not be unprofitable to him, we were the more
easily disposed to acquiesce.
Permit me, madam, to proffer you my warmest esteem
and my kindest services. Your letter I regard as a flattering proof of your good opinion, which I shall be most
happy to deserve and to improve, by answering every
inquiry you may be pleased to make respecting one for
whom I have entertained the affection becoming a sister.
I am) &C. M. MONTFORD.
P.S.-Mr. Moutford desires to join me in my offers of
service, and in my good wishes.
LETTER LVIII.
To ir's. ]Jontford.
Philadelphia, October 12.
DEAR MADAM:How shall I thank you for the kind and delicate manner
in which you have complied with my request? You will
not be surprised, nor, I hope, offended, that I am emboldened to address you once more.
I see that I need not practise towards you a reserve at
all times foreign to my nature, and now more painful