142 THE MATRIMONIAL GARDEN. 



OC/^The following article, entitled the Matrimonial Garden, 

 is humbly submitted as an appendage to this work, by 



THE AUTHOR. 



THE 



MATniMO'M'KAlL ©AMBUKTc 



Man is formed for social enjoyment, and if it be allowed 

 that " it is not good for man to be alone, ' ? it may be justly 

 inferred that it is not good that woman should be alone; 

 hence a union of interests indicates a union of persons for 

 their mutual benefit. By this union, a sort of seclusion 

 from the rest of our species takes place ; and as a garden 

 is a retired apartment, appropriated to culture and im- 

 provement, the married state may not be inaptly compared 

 with it in many respects. 



It is good and honourable for the human species, pru- 

 dently and cautiously to approach this delightful enclosure* 

 Its entrance in general is extremely gay and glittering' 

 being strewed with flowers of every hue and every fragrance* 

 calculated to charm the eye and please the taste ; but they 

 are not all so ; and as there are many persons who may 

 wish to enter this garden at some time or other, who are yet 

 strangers to its various productions, their attention should 

 be directed to the cultivation of those plants which are 

 beneficial, and to the avoiding or rooting up of those which 

 are injurious. 



And. first, let me caution adventurers in this garden not 

 to dream of permanent happiness ; if you should so dream, 

 experience will soon make you wiser, as such happiness 

 never existed but in visionary heads. If you are desirous 

 that this garden should yield you all the bliss of which it is 

 capable, you must take with you that excellent flower called 



