OR, 



STUDIES OF THE TOWN. 



BY AN OPERA-GOKR. 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DARLEY. 

 First Series in One Volume, Cloth, price $1 33. 



O" This is a work for the express entertainment of all 

 spinsters who wish husbands ; all belles who admire their own 

 charms ; all beaux who are captivated with their own por- 

 traits ; all old ladies who wish to be young ; all authors 

 emulous of their own works ; all fashionists in love with their 

 own position ; all misses eager to be seen ; all rich men who 

 are lovers of their own money ; all bachelors looking for a 

 fortune; all poets infatuated with their powers; all critics 

 confident of their taste ; and all sensible men who are content 

 to be honest. 



pttuottjs of tfte Press. 



" THB LORGNETTE," by an Opera-Goer, has won a flattering reputation 

 for its quiet, mischievous humor, its lively sketches of fashionable follies, 

 its shrewd delineations of character, and its mastery of a graceful, trans- 

 parent, healthy English style. It speaks well for the versatility of lite- 

 rary talent among us, that nearly a score of the wits of Gotham have 

 had the credit of its paternity. The author has no reason to be ashamed 

 of his production. A second series is announced by Stringer & Town- 

 send, of which we have received the first number, devoted to the mys- 

 teries of May moving, and the still more profound mysteries of the Polka 

 and the Polkists. JV. Y. Tribune. 



Anything that grows in value with progressing, as does the " LORG- 

 NETTE," is note-worthy in these tapering times ; and why we have not 

 spoken of the numbers as they have appeared, is simply because we 

 have not received them ; for they are of a Salmagundi spiciness, that it 

 were dull knowingly to overlook. The sketches of a " Bostonian," a 

 " Philadelphian," and other Strangers in Town," as estimated in New 

 York, are truly capital. .Home Journal. 



The fact that the " LORGNETTE " has thorough experience that he 

 has been "in," " of," and " through," as well as recently so far " above," 

 the follies which he treats of so feelingly of course gives weight and 

 efficacy to his opinions. But we confess to have been strangely affected 

 by these writings, previously to any knowledge of their source. There 

 seems to be a subtle intrinsic power in their half-earnest expressions, 

 independent of, and far superior to any extraneous authority. 



Their unusual combination of strength, delicacy, and refinement, is 

 quite consoling; and we rejoice that one writer of these days can be se- 

 vere, without forgetting the gentleman, and can demonstrate that wit is 

 most keen and sparkling, when set in English, " pure and undented."- 

 Literary World. 



