Excerpt from Letters on Paraguay, Vol. 1 of 2: Comprising an Account of a Four Years' Residence in That Republic, Under the Government of the Dictator Francia

It is known, we suppose, to all readers, that the preface of a book, although it comes first, is written last.

It happens, however, in the present case, that the preface has not only been the part of our book last written, but that the greater portion of it has contrived to creep into the concluding pages of the second volume.

We must accordingly beg of our readers that they will here be pleased to turn to the last letter of this work, addressed to themselves, as some portion of that letter may be properly read as part of our preface.

We have marked the first five letters of our series as "Introductory."

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.