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EDITOR'S PREFACE.
These two volumes contain a complete collection
of Shelley's Prose Writings; the two
youthful prose romances of Zastrozzi and St. Irvyne;
the Dublin and Marlow pamphlets; the long-lost
and lately-found Refutation of Deism; the Letter to
Lord Ellenborough; the curious review of Hogg's
romance of Alexy Haimatoff, recently unearthed by
Professor Dowden; a number of minor papers originally
published by Medwin; and the entire collection
of "Essays and Letters from Abroad," first issued
by Mrs. Shelley in 1840, and which throw so much
light on Shelley's character and genius. The Bibliography
appended to the second volume will, it is
hoped, be of real service to all lovers and students
of Shelley.
Shelley is another instance of the fact that a great master of verse is always a good writer of prose. Whatever may be thought of the crudity of his juvenile romances—and the greatest Shelleyan enthusiasts, Browning, Swinburne, and Rossetti, have suc-
