PREFACE. 
The Poetical Garland of Julia, of which the following-pages 
are an humble imitation, was a wreath of love, present¬ 
ed as a new-year’s gift by the Duke de Montausier to the 
fair Julia d’Angennes. It consisted of a number of flowers 
painted in miniature, on vellum, by a celebrated artist, and 
arranged in a book, with a madrigal underneath each, either 
from the pen of the Duke himself, or from the hand of some 
of his friends. It was splendidly bound; and on the morn 
of new-year’s day, secretly conveyed into the chamber of 
his admired, and left on her toilette. Julia, on perusal, was 
highly delighted with the present, and the Duke’s suit pros¬ 
pered. 
In the year 1784, this literary trifle was sold for the 
amazing sum of 14,510 livres. During the troubles of the 
French Revolution it was transferred to this country, and 
again offered for sale ; but whether its merit was here under¬ 
valued, or its paintings had lost some of their brilliance, it 
found no purchaser at the sum demanded, and was returned 
to the continent. 
To give our fair readers an idea of its constitution, we 
have composed the following Garland; and if its flowers 
are less beautiful, we trust their arrangement is not less pleas¬ 
ing, nor their moral less instructive. 
