LADIES ON HOKSEBACK. 



P A E T I 



LEAKNING. 



CHAPTEK I. 



A POPULAR ERROR. — EXCELLENCE IN RIDING AT- 

 TAINABLE WITHOUT ANY YOUTHFUL KNOW- 

 LEDGE OF THE ART. THE EMPRESS OF 



AUSTRIA. HER PROFICIENCY. HER PALACE. 



HER OCCUPATIONS. HER DISPOSITION. HER 



THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS. — THE AGE AT WHICH 

 TO LEARN. — COURAGE INDISPENSABLE. — TASTE 

 A NECESSITY. 



It is my belief that hints to ladies from a 

 lady, upon a subject which now so miiversally 

 occupies the female mind — hints, not offered 

 in any cavilling nor carping spirit, but with an 

 affectionate and sisterly regard for the interests 

 of those addressed — cannot fail to be appre- 

 ciated, and must become popular. Men write 



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