Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

J. B. LIPPINCOTT AND CO.,

in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

то

VIRGINIA,

MY DEAR AND ONLY DAUGHTER,

I DEDICATE

This Volume;

IN WHICH

I HAVE NOT ATTEMPTED TO DESCRIBE THE OPERA,

THE BALL-ROOM, THE MATINÉE.

THESE, THE HIGHWAYS OF FASHIONABLE LIFE,

ARE OPEN, IN OUR COUNTRY, TO THE MULTITUDE.

I HAVE WANDERED INTO PATHS LESS FREQUENTED,

AND TELL WHAT I HAVE SEEN;

HOPING TO SHOW THE EFFECTS OF A SYSTEM,

IN WHICH PLEASURE IS THE CHIEF AIM,

ON THE HEART AND ON THE DESTINY OF WOMAN.