Produced by Julia Miller, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) PENCIL SKETCHES: OR, OUTLINES OF CHARACTER AND MANNERS. BY MISS LESLIE. INCLUDING "MRS. WASHINGTON POTTS," AND "MR. SMITH," WITH OTHER STORIES. "So runs the world away."--SHAKSPEARE. PHILADELPHIA: A. HART, LATE CAREY & HART, 126 CHESTNUT STREET. 1852. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1852, by A. HART, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. E. B. M EARS, STEREOTYPER. T. K. & P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS. ADVERTISEMENT. The work from which the following is a selection, has been long out of print; and many inquiries have been made concerning it. Since its first appearance, a new generation of young people has grown up; and they may, perhaps, find amusement and improvement in pictures of domestic life, that were recognised as such by their mothers. The present volume will probably be succeeded by another, containing the remainder of the original Pencil Sketches, with additional stories. ELIZA LESLIE. UNITED STATES HOTEL, Philadelphia, March 25th, 1852. CONTENTS. MRS. WASHINGTON POTTS 13 MR. SMITH 50 UNCLE PHILIP 82 THE ALBUM 131 THE SET OF CHINA 147 LAURA LOVEL 157 JOHN W. ROBERTSON; A TALE OF A CENT 197 THE LADIES' BALL 217 THE RED BOX; OR, SCENES AT THE GENERAL WAYNE 240 THE OFFICERS; A STORY OF THE LAST WAR WITH ENGLAND 266 PETER JONES; A SKETCH FROM LIFE 297 THE OLD FARM-HOUSE 314 THAT GENTLEMAN; OR, PENCILLINGS ON SHIP-BOARD 333 THE SERENADES 358 SOCIABLE VISITING 376 COUNTRY LODGINGS 402 CONSTANCE ALLERTON; OR, THE MOURNING SUITS 415 MRS. WASHINGTON POTTS. "The course of _parties_ never does run smooth."--SHAKSPEARE.