Excerpt from Selections From the Correspondence of Robert Bloomfield, the Suffolk Poet My principle of selection was simply this - to take such letters, or parts of letters, as related to the literary labours of the poet; all others I have omitted, at least for the present. If this little volume should meet with encouragement, I may be induced to print the whole of the correspondence; for, as a rule, selections are not desirable; they are apt to give false impressions, though I think in the present instance I have not done anything calculated to mislead. I have adhered strictly to the rule I laid down for myself at the outset, and have only deviated in one or two instances, where I thought the letter would be of interest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.