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FRAGMENTS OF

PROSE AND POETRY

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

HUMAN PERSONALITY

AND ITS SURVIVAL OF BODILY
DEATH

2 vols. 8vo, 42s. net

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY

FRAGMENTS OF
PROSE & POETRY

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BY

FREDERIC W. HY MYERS

EDITED BY HIS WIFE

EVELEEN MYERS

WITH PORTRAITS

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON

NEW YORK AND BOMBAY

1904

All rights reserved

PREFACE

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THIS Volume contains some fragments of prose and poetry written by my husband during a period of many years, and on divers subjects; - as such it cannot but appear to a certain degree heterogeneous and disconnected. And yet the singleness of purpose and steadfastness of endeavour which are shown throughout will, I think, give it a sufficient unity in the eyes of those who have sympathised with the author's aspirations or shared his hopes.

My husband did not wish the autobiographical chapters at the beginning of this volume to appear until three or four years after his death. A few passages have been omitted from them on account of their references to people still living, but on the other hand, the chapters have been supplemented by various letters, which bring out their true significance and illustrate the progress of the author's earnest thought, from the early years of childhood down to the very last moments of his life upon this earth.

There remain many beautiful letters of my husband's both to myself and to friends. These letters I have collected, and some day they may

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