Preface
The Author is quite aware of the defects of this little story, many of
which were unavoidable, as it first appeared serially. But, as Uncle Alec's
experiment was intended to amuse the young folks, rather than suggest
educational improvements for the consideration of the elders, she trusts
that these shortcomings will be overlooked by the friends of the Eight
Cousins, and she will try to make amends in a second volume, which shall
attempt to show The Rose in Bloom.
L.M.A.