The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington Volume I

"The correspondence and other papers of Lady Blessington that have been made use of in these volumes are connected by a slender thread of biographical illustration, which may serve to give some idea of the characters and position, and prominent traits or peculiarities of those who are addressed or referred to in this correspondence, or by whom letters were written which are noticed in it." -Excerpt from Introduction