OR, 



STUDIES OF THE TOWN. 



BY AN OPERA-GOER. 



WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY DARLEY. 

 First Series in One Volume, Cloth, price $1.25. 



gl^^ 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 portraits ; 

 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. 



(9{tintan0 of tljp ^rcBB. 

 "The Lorgnette," by an Oper-Goer, has won a flattering repu- 

 tation for its quiet, mischievous humor, its lively sketches of 

 fashionable follies, its shrewd delineations of character, and its 

 mastery of a graceful, transparent, healthy English style. It 

 speaks well for the versatility of literary 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 mysteries of May moving, and the still more profound 

 mysteries of the Polka and the Polkists. — N. Y. Tribune. 



Anything that grows in value with progressing, as does the 

 "Lorgnette," 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 

 Salm.agundi spiciness, that it were dull knowingly to overlook. 

 The sketches of a "Bostonian." a "Phialdelphian," 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 refine- 

 ment, is quite consoling ; and we rejoice that one writer of 

 these days can be severe, without forgetting the gentleman, and 

 can demonstrate that wit is most keen and sparkling, when set 

 in English, "pure and undefiled." — Literary World. 



