Excerpt from The Jerningham Letters, 1780-1843, Vol. 1 of 2: Being Excerpts From the Correspondence and Diaries of the Honourable Lady Jerningham and of Her Daughter Lady Bedingfeld
It is often said that the art of letter-writing has been killed by the modern development of postal facilities. This is a point which may remain moot. It must at any rate be admitted that the art has changed in character.
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