[9] It is but fair to add that Bulwer in a note disclaims the excessive severity and sweeping character of this criticism.
[10] She always refused to have her portrait taken, and all published so-called portraits of Maria Edgeworth are purely fancy productions.
[11] This anecdote, attributed by Miss Edgeworth to Mazarin, is told by De Retz, and is to be found in his memoirs.