Love and Madness a Story Too True by Herbert Croft
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Love and Madness A Story Too True By Herbert Croft First Published 1780 Published by the Ex-classics Project, 2020 http://www.exclassics.com Public Domain Herbert Croft Frontispiece James Hackman and Martha Ray -2- Love and Madness CONTENTS Bibliographic and Editorial Note. ................................................................................. 5 Title Page Of the London Edition .................................................................................. 6 Title Page Of the Dublin Edition ................................................................................... 7 Preface And Epigraph. ................................................................................................... 8 MEMOIRS OF MISS RAY. From the Dublin Edition ................................................. 9 LETTER I. From Mr. H. to Miss R. 4 Dec. 1775 ........................................................ 12 LETTER II. The Same to the Same. 6 Dec. 1775 ........................................................ 13 LETTER III. Miss R. to Mr. H. 7 Dec. 1775 ............................................................... 14 LETTER IV. Mr. H to Miss R. 7 Dec. 1775 ................................................................ 15 LETTER V. The Same to the Same. 8 Dec. 1775 ........................................................ 17 LETTER VI. Miss R. to Mr. H. 10 Dec. 1775 ............................................................. 18 LETTER VII. Mr. H. to Miss R. 13 Dec. 1775 ............................................................ 20 LETTER VIII. The Same to the Same. 24 Dec. 1775 .................................................. 21 LETTER IX. Miss R. to Mr. H. 25 Dec. 1775 ............................................................. 22 LETTER X. Mr H. to Miss R. 28 Dec. 1775 ............................................................... 23 LETTER XI. The Same to the Same. 1 Jan. 1776 ....................................................... 24 LETTER XII. The Same to the Same. 8 Feb. 1776 ...................................................... 25 LETTER XIII. The Same to the Same. 16 Feb. 1776 .................................................. 26 LETTER XIV. The Same to the Same. 22 Feb. 1776 .................................................. 28 LETTER XV. Miss R. to Mr. H. 23 Feb. 1776 ............................................................ 31 LETTER XVI. The Same to the Same. 24 Feb. 1776 .................................................. 32 LETTER XVII. Mr. H. to Miss R. 26 Feb 1776 .......................................................... 33 LETTER XVIII. Miss R. to Mr. H. 21 Feb. 1776 ........................................................ 34 LETTER XIX. Mr. H. to Miss R. 1 March, 1776 ........................................................ 35 LETTER XX. The Same to the Same. 17 Mar. 1776 ................................................... 36 LETTER XXI. The Same to the Same. 17 Mar. 1776 ................................................. 37 LETTER XXII. Miss R. to Mr. H. 17 Mar. 1776 ........................................................ 38 LETTER XXIII. Mr. H. to Miss R. 17 Mar. 1776 ....................................................... 40 LETTER XXIV. Miss R. to Mr. H. 19 Mar. 1776 ....................................................... 41 LETTER XXV. Mr. H. to Miss R. 26 Mar. 1776 ........................................................ 42 LETTER XXVI. The Same to the Same. 8 Apr. 1776 ................................................. 43 LETTER XXVII. The Same to the Same. 20 Apr. 1776 .............................................. 44 LETTER XXVIII. The Same to the Same. 3 May, 1776 .............................................. 47 LETTER XXIX. The Same to the Same, 29 May 1776. .............................................. 49 LETTER XXX. The Same to the Same. 18 Jun. 1776 ................................................. 50 LETTER XXXI. Miss R. to Mr. H. 25 June 1776 ....................................................... 53 LETTER XXXII. Mr. H. to Miss R. 1 July 1776 ......................................................... 54 LETTER XXXIII. Miss R. to Mr. H. 20 Aug 1776 ...................................................... 55 LETTER XXXIV. Mr. H. to Miss R. 10 Sep 1776 ..................................................... 56 LETTER XXXV. The Same to the Same. 15 Sep 1776 ............................................... 57 LETTER XXXVI. The Same to the Same. 18 Sep. 1776 ............................................. 59 LETTER XXXVII. The Same to the Same. 26 Jan 1777 ............................................ 63 LETTER XXXVIII. The Same to the Same. 6 Feb 1777 ............................................. 65 LETTER XXXIX. The Same to the Same. 27 March 1777 ......................................... 67 LETTER XL. The Same to the Same. 20 Apr 1777 ..................................................... 69 LETTER XLI. The Same to the Same. 4 May 1777 ..................................................... 70 LETTER XLII. Miss R.'s maid to Mr. H. 4 May 1777 ................................................ 71 LETTER XLIII. To the Same. 4 May 1777 ................................................................. 72 LETTER XLIV. Mr. H. to Miss R. 27 Jun 1777 ......................................................... 73 -3- Herbert Croft LETTER XLV. The Same to the Same. 7 Jul 1777 ..................................................... 76 LETTER XLVI. The Same to the Same. 20 Sep 1777 ................................................. 77 LETTER XLVII. The Same to the Same. 5 Feb 1778 ................................................. 79 LETTER XLVIII. The Same to the Same. 2 Mar 1778 ............................................... 80 LETTER XLIX. The Same to the Same. 5 Sep 1778 ................................................... 82 LETTER L. The Same to the Same. 28 Jan 1779 ........................................................ 83 LETTER LI. An Essay on Thomas Chatterton ............................................................ 84 LETTER LII. The Same to the Same. 20 Feb. 1779 .................................................. 131 LETTER LIII. The Same to the Same. 24 Feb. 1779 ................................................. 134 LETTER LIV. The Same to the Same. 1 Mar 1779 ................................................... 139 LETTER LV. Mr. H. to Charles — Esq. 20 mar 1779 .............................................. 140 LETTER LVI. The Same to the Same. 6 Apr 1779 .................................................... 141 LETTER LVII. Mr. H. to Mr. B—. 7 Apr, 1779 ........................................................ 143 LETTER LVIII. Mr. H. to Charles B— Esq. 8 Apr, 1779 ......................................... 144 LETTER LIX. The Same to the Same. 9 Apr 1779 .................................................... 145 LETTER LX. The Same to the Same. 14 Apr, 1779 .................................................. 146 LETTER LXI. From Lord S— to Mr. H. in Newgate. 17 Apr 1770 .......................... 147 LETTER LXII. Mr. H. to Lord S—. 17 Apr 1779 ..................................................... 148 LETTER LXIII. Mr. H. to Charles B—, Esq. 17-18 Apr 1779 ................................. 149 LETTER LXIV. The Same to the Same. 19 Apr 1779 ............................................... 157 LETTER LXV. From Charles — Esq. to General —. 20 Aug 1779 ......................... 158 CONCLUDING EPIGRAPH. From "Night Thoughts" by Edward Young ............... 160 POSTSCRIPT To The Fifth Edition .......................................................................... 161 NOTES ....................................................................................................................... 165 -4- Love and Madness Bibliographic and Editorial Note. Love and Madness, a Story too True was frist published in London in 1780 and went through several editions. It was also pirated by a Dublin publisher, English copyright law (such as it was) not applying in Ireland. This Ex-Classics edition has been compiled from the fifth London edition, in which it was admitted to be a work of fiction. The introductory Memoirs of Miss Ray, and the excerpt from The Politial Duenna by Israel Pottinger, are taken from the Dublin edition. -5- Herbert Croft Title Page Of the London Edition A NEW EDITION CORRECTED ———————————————————————— LOVE AND MADNESS, A Story Too True IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, ONE OF WHICH CONTAINS THE ORIGINAL ACCOUNT OF CHATTERTON. ———————————————————————— GOVERNOR.-"Who did the bloody deed?" OROONOKO.-"The deed was mine. Bloody I know it is; and I expect Your laws should tell me so. Thus, self-condemn'd, I do resign myself into your hands, The hands of justice." Oroonoko. V. 3. ———————————————————————— HARTWELL-"If this be not Love, it is Madness; and, then, it is pardonable." Old Bachelor. III. 10. ================================================= LONDON: PRINTED FOR G. KEARSLEY, No. 46, FLEET-STREET MDCCLXXXVI. -6- Love and Madness Title Page Of the Dublin Edition LOVE AND MADNESS; A STORY TOO TRUE IN A SERIES OF LETTERS, BETWEEN Parties whose names would perhaps be mentioned were they less known or less lamented. ———————————————————————— GOVERNOR.-"Who did the bloody deed?" OROONOKO.-"The deed was mine. Bloody I know it is; and I expect Your laws should tell me so. Thus, self-condemn'd, I do resign myself into your hands, The hands of justice." OR. 5. 3. HARTWELL-"If this be not Love, it is Madness; and, then, it is pardonable." OLD BAT. ================================================= DUBLIN: