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Title: Alonzo and Melissa
The Unfeeling Father

Author: Daniel Jackson, Jr.
Isaac Mitchell

Release Date: February 18, 2009 [EBook #28112]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Transcriber's Note:

This e-text is based on the 1851 Boston edition of _Alonzo and Melissa_.
The story originally appeared in 1804 as a serial in the weekly
_Political Barometer_ of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., written by the newspaper's
editor, Isaac Mitchell. Pirated versions began to appear in 1811,
giving Daniel Jackson, Jr., as author.

The book was printed as a single unit, without chapter divisions.
The breaks in the e-text represent the 22 installments of the serial
version.

Note that the standard punctuation for dialogue is

"To this place, said Melissa, have I taken many a solitary walk...."

The following are listed at the end of the e-text:

Chronology of the Story
Quotations
Other Editions
Errors and Inconsistencies]

ALONZO AND MELISSA,

or

THE UNFEELING FATHER.

An

AMERICAN TALE.

In every varied posture, place, and hour,
How widowed every thought of every joy!

YOUNG.

BY DANIEL JACKSON, Jr.

Boston:
Printed for the Publishers.
1851.

PREFACE

Whether the story of Alonzo and Melissa will generally please, the
writer knows not; if, however, he is not mistaken, it is not unfriendly
to religion and to virtue.--One thing was aimed to be shown, that a firm
reliance on Providence, however the affections might be at war with its
dispensations, is the only source of consolation in the gloomy hours of
affliction; and that generally such dependence, though crossed by
difficulties and perplexities, will be crowned with victory at last.

It is also believed that the story contains no indecorous stim