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PEBTACE, 



TORS, in the fullest sense of the word, that they 

 will be immeasurably happy in " The Matrimonial 

 Garden/'* should they ever enter therein ; and in like 

 proportion, as they advance in the work of cultiva- 

 tion, will they excel in virtue ; which a wise man 

 once declared was to a woman of immense value, 

 " far above rubies," yea, even equal to a glittering 

 " crown." That we may all attain our object, is the 

 sincere wish of 



THE AUTHOR. 



Bowery Road, February 14, 1835. 



* This refers to an article entitled " The Matrimonial Garden/' 

 which will be found at the end of the book. 



