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1、TALESFORFIFTEEN:ORIMAGINATIONANDHEART.TALESFORFIFTEEN:ORIMAGINATIONANDHEART.BYJANEMORGAN.1TALESFORFIFTEEN:ORIMAGINATIONANDHEART.SouthernDistrictofNew-Yorkss.BEITREMEMBERED,ThatonthethirteenthdayofJune,intheforty-seventhyearoftheIndependenceoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica,CharlesWiley,ofthe
2、saidDistrict,hathdepositedinthisofficethetitleofaBook,therightwhereofheclaimsasproprietor,inthewordsandfiguresfollowing,towit:"TalesforFifteen;orImaginationandHeart.ByJaneMorgan."InconformitywiththeActofCongressoftheUnitedStatesentitled,"AnActfortheencouragementofLearning,bysecuringth
3、ecopiesofMaps,Charts,andBooks,totheauthorsandproprietorsofsuchcopies,duringthetimeshereinmentioned."AndalsotoanAct,entitled,"anAct,supplementarytoanAct,fortheencouragementofLearning,bysecuringthecopiesofMaps,Charts,andBooks,totheauthorsandproprietorsofsuchcopies,duringthetimeshereinme
4、ntioned,andextendingthebenefitsthereoftotheartsofdesigning,engraving,andetchinghistoricalandotherprints."JAMESDILL,ClerkoftheSouthernDistrictofNew-York2TALESFORFIFTEEN:ORIMAGINATIONANDHEART.PREFACEWHENtheauthoroftheselittletalescommencedthem,itwasherintentiontoformashortseriesofsuchst
5、oriesas,itwashoped,mightnotbeentirelywithoutmoraladvantage;butunforeseencircumstanceshavepreventedtheircompletion,and,unwillingtodelaythepublicationanylonger,shecommitsthemtotheworldintheirpresentunfinishedstate,withoutanyflatteringanticipationsoftheirreception.Theyareintendedforthepe
6、rusalofyoungwomen,atthattenderagewhenthefeelingsoftheirnaturebegintoactonthemmostinsidiously,andwhentheirmindsareleastpreparedbyreasonandexperiencetocontendwiththeirpassions."Heart"wasintendedforamuchlongertale,andisunavoidablyincomplete;butitisunnecessarytopointoutdefectsthateventhej
7、uvenilereaderwillsoondetect.Theauthoronlyhopesthatiftheydonogood,hertaleswill,atleast,donoharm.3TALESFORFIFTEEN:ORIMAGINATIONANDHEART.IMAGINATION.Ipraythee,gentlemortal,singagain:Mineearismuchenamouredofthynote,Soismineeyeenthralledtothyshape;Andthyfairvirtue'sforceperforcedothmoveme,
8、Onthe