This novel belongs to Carey & Hart’s Library of Humorous American Works. It is a reprint of an old book. The style is clear and familiar, the humor such as touches the risibilities, and the strokes of satire sometimes peculiarly happy. Though the author formed himself on the model of Fielding, the allusions and subject matter are essentially American. The illustrations by Darley are excellent. Like all true humorists the author makes his pleasantries the vehicle of knowledge and wisdom. He has sound political maxims embodied in jokes, and curious bits of learning swimming on the surface of his humor. * * * * * [Illustration: LE FOLLET Boulevart S^{t}. Martin, 61. _Chapeaux de M^{me}._ Penet, _r. N^{ve}. S^{t}. Augustin, 4;—Plumes et fleurs de M^{me}._ Tilman, _r. Ménars, 5;_ _Robes de_ Palmyre;—_Dentelles de_ Violard, _r. de Choiseul, 2 bis.;_ _Ombrelle de_ Lemarechal, _b^{t}. Montmartre, 17_. Graham’s Magazine.] * * * * * Transcriber’s Notes: Table of Contents has been added for reader convenience. Archaic spellings and hyphenation have been retained. Punctuation and obvious type-setting errors have been corrected without note. Other errors have been corrected as noted below. For illustrations, some caption text may be missing or incomplete due to condition of the originals available for preparation of the eBook. A cover has been created for this eBook and is placed in the public domain. page 332, ce que tu mange, ==> ce que tu manges, page 333, will soon loose her ==> will soon lose her page 335, true diplomate will ==> true diplomat will page 344, They had drank of ==> They had drunk of page 346, pay the exhorbitant ==> pay the exorbitant page 347, lady rung the bell ==> lady rang the bell page 347, own and her childrens’ ==> own and her children’s page 351, quarter of the word, ==> quarter of the world, page 356, than he out knife and ==> than he pulled out a knife and page 363, built of sold timber ==> built of solid timber page 360, added [_To be continued._ page 375, barren in ought save ==> barren in aught save page 375, by an irresistable impulse, ==> by an irresistible impulse, Le Follet, _Chapeau de M^{me}._ ==> _Chapeaux de M^{me}._ [End of Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 6, June 1847] End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Graham's Magazine, Vol. XXX, No. 6, June 1847, by Various