Note: Addressed to the Reader.

Name: The Law and the Lady - Note: Addressed to the Reader.
Author: Wilkie Collins

IN offering this book to you, I have no Preface to write. I have only to request that you will bear in mind certain established truths, which occasionally escape your memory when you are reading a work of fiction. Be pleased, then, to remember (First): That the actions of human beings are not invariably governed by the laws of pure reason. (Secondly): That we are by no means always in the habit of bestowing our love on the objects which are the most deserving of it, in the opinions of our friends. (Thirdly and Lastly): That Characters which may not have appeared, and Events which may not have taken place, within the limits of our own individual experience, may nevertheless be perfectly natural Characters and perfectly probable Events, for all that. Having said these few words, I have said all that seems to be necessary at the present time, in presenting my new Story to your notice.

W. C.

LONDON, February 1, 1875.

THE LAW AND THE LADY.

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Chicago: Wilkie Collins, "Note: Addressed to the Reader.," The Law and the Lady, trans. Evans, Sebastian in The Law and the Lady Original Sources, accessed April 18, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=44ZSSINDATB4B2D.

MLA: Collins, Wilkie. "Note: Addressed to the Reader." The Law and the Lady, translted by Evans, Sebastian, in The Law and the Lady, Original Sources. 18 Apr. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=44ZSSINDATB4B2D.

Harvard: Collins, W, 'Note: Addressed to the Reader.' in The Law and the Lady, trans. . cited in , The Law and the Lady. Original Sources, retrieved 18 April 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=44ZSSINDATB4B2D.