THE COUNTRY LADY’S AND GENTLEMAN’S LIBRARY ; 
“ COMPRISING INDIVIDUAL AND 
STRIKING PORTRAITS OF OUR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD.” 
Just published, in 3 vuls. post 8 vo. price 31s. 6d. boards. 
ENGLISH SCENES 
AND 
ENGLISH CIVILIZATION; 
OR, 
J?feetd)e$ anti Craits of tty C*nturj>. 
“ This is a very clever and exceedingly enteTtaioin^ work, and well deserves all its 
popularity* There is a striking fidelity and liveliness in the sketches which lefei to the 
opinions and manners of certain classes of society, which cannot tail to be observed by 
those in the habit of mixing with the world. There is also throughout the volumes, a 
vein of happy satire — sometimes, indeed, half concealed, hut not the less cutting of 
the foibles and follies which exist among certain portions of educated society. Observer. 
“ The characters depicted are drawn from the li fe, and may be found not unly in every 
County, but in every respectable Parish and circle oi acquaintance throughout England. 
Every Country Gentleman, and decidedly, every Lady, ought to place a 
copy IN their LtBRARY ; they will see themselves, their family, and their neighbours, 
drawn to the life, while each will recognise his or her own portrait, and profit by the 
discovery.” — Court Magazine* 
“ These admirable sketches of ‘ people and things,’ particularly recommend them- 
selves to general notice from their sound moral character ; they are true to nature and 
to society • they expose the follies and vices, the weak notions, the contumelious inso- 
lences and frivolities pervading fashionable, and even obtruding in domestic life ; and 
are consequently calculated, both from accuracy and talent, to be highly beneficial.” 
Naval and Military Magazine, 
“ These excellent volumes present, so real and uncoloured a picture of society, that we 
can hardly believe their characters to be imaginary, or the common actions of daily inter- 
course which they detail, to be invented — we commend this work as being both intelli- 
gent and highly instructive .” — Literary Gazeite. 
“The author of these remarkable volumes seems to hove taken a place between Miss 
Mitford and Miss Martineau. In some particulars her labours remind us of the milage 
but with more direct earnestness of puvpose — there is much graphic power and elegant 
airiness of delineation. As compared will, Miss Martineau, there is less attention to 
points of pure economical detail, and more to those of opinion and to the motives of 
action in that portion of society which heads the middling classes, an pin • pw r s 
to the aristocracy, especially when the latter aro not regarded wi . a vei enc ■ w la is 
called fashionable life, but to their conduct and influence m their native counties or 
^T^aSrisolJectfs. evidently topourtray the prevent notions, praudicesjiabits, 
and sentiments of what may he deemed English riots 'E^. . , le 
influence of the new and extraordinary impulses to which, Irom its base to its apex, the 
social edifice has of late been liable, and for a long time to come will rKnam so. Such 
is the executive verisimilitude, it is scarcely possible not to imagine real sitters for the 
rra to enlarge and liberalise the general tone of social 
feeling, and to strengthen the links which connect public with private virtue, and a high 
scale of moral excellence with a due cultivation of the affections and amemt.es of life. 
“The true value of this work will be highly estimated by those who enter into the spirit 
of the author’s design.” — Globe. 
“This is a delfehtful gallery of characters for the illustration of society, written by a 
sensible well informed person, who is well acquainted with the world, aud has a clear 
view of its besetting faults.” — Examiner. 
SMITH, ELDER AND CO., CORNHILL, LONDON. 
