The Vicar of Bullhampton

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Vicar ofBullhampton, by Anthony Trollope, Illustrated by H.WoodsThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Vicar of BullhamptonAuthor: Anthony TrollopeRelease Date: September 5, 2008 [eBook #26541]HTML version most recently updated: June 9, 2010Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VICAR OF BULLHAMPTON*** E-text prepared byDelphine Lettau and Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D. Waiting-Room at the Assize Court.Waiting-Room at the Assize Court.Click to ENLARGE THEVICAR OF BULLHAMPTON. BYANTHONY TROLLOPE. Title Page Illustration WITH THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. WOODS. LONDON:BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., 11, BOUVERIE STREET.1870. PREFACE.The writing of prefaces is, for the most part, work thrown away; and the writing of a preface to a novel isalmost always a vain thing. Nevertheless, I am tempted to prefix a few words to this novel on its completion, notexpecting that many people will read them, but desirous, in doing so, of defending myself against a charge whichmay possibly be made against me by the critics,—as to which I shall be unwilling to revert after it shall have beenpreferred.I have introduced in the Vicar of Bullhampton the ...