VARNEY, THE VAMPYRE;
                                    or,
                             THE FEAST OF BLOOD.

                               P R E F A C E .

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     The unprecedented success of the romance of "Varney the Vampyre," leave
the Author but little to say further, than that he accepts that success and
its results as gratefully as it is possible for any one to do popular favours.

     A belief in the existence of Vampyres first took its rise in Norway and
Sweden, from whence it rapidly spread to more southern regions, taking a firm
hold of the imaginations of the more credulous portion of mankind.

     The following romance is collected from seemingly the most authentic
sources, and the Author must leave the question of credibility entirely to his
readers, not even thinking that he his peculiarly called upon to express his
own opinion upon the subject.

     Nothing has been omitted in the life of the unhappy Varney, which could
tend to throw a light upon his most extraordinary career, and the fact of his
death just as it is here related, made a great noise at the time through
Europe, and is to be found in the public prints for the year 1713.

     With these few observations, the Author and Publisher, are well content
to leave the work in the hands of the public, which has stamped it with an
approbation far exceeding their most sanguine expectations, and which is
calculated to act as the strongest possible ncentive to the production of
other works, which in a like, or perchance a still further degree may be
deserving of public patronage and support.

     To the whole of the Metropolitan Press for their laudatory notices, the
Author is peculiarly obliged.

     _London Sep._ 1847

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