To M. E--d. Forgues.

 My dear Sir,

 

Although I have not the pleasure of your personal acquaintance, I venture to ask you to accept the dedication¹ of this book, in slight acknowledgment of the admirable manner in which you have reproduced two of my previous stories (Broken to Harness and The Forlorn Hope) in the pages of the Revue des Deux Mondes, and of the flattering way in which you have frequently referred to my writings in that excellent periodical.

 

Faithfully yours,

 

EDMUND YATES.

 

 

London, April 1868.

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n.奉献，献身，致力，题献，献辞

参考例句：

• We admire her courage,compassion and dedication.我们钦佩她的勇气、爱心和奉献精神。
• Her dedication to her work was admirable.她对工作的奉献精神可钦可佩。