FOR ILLUSTRATED BY ELEVEN ELEGANT ENGRAVINGS, FROM DRAWINGS BY J. DUGOURC, Draughtsman to His Majesty the King of France ; Accompanied by Descriptions, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF MADEMOISELLE ST. SERNIN, AND INTERSPERSED WITH ORIGINAL POETRY AND ANECDOTES . LONDON: PRINTED FOR R. ACKERMANN, REPOSITORY OF ARTS, 101, STRAND. BY W. CLOWES, NORTHUMBERLAND-COURT . The most eminent physicians dwell particularly upon the necessity there is for young ladies, as they advance towards womanhood, to take

Madame D’H ernilly was accustomed to pass, every year, several of the summer months in the country: a particular circumstance obliged her to go there sooner than usual, and her husband, who was one of the chief magistrates in the capital, was not able to accompany her. Her only companions were her two daughters, both young girls. There was very little society to be met with in that part of the country where Madame D’Hernilly’s castle was situated: the nearest town, which was at a distance of two

Our five young friends were not obliged to rack their brains to find amusement. In the beginning of the visit the youngest, named Adriana, taught the grown-up girls those dances which they had learned in their childish days, but had already forgotten; “ My fine Castle ,” “ We will not go again to the Wood ,” “ The Duke de Bourbon ,” &c. &c. These are things out of date, we must allow, but they will always be new for children, and our imitations of them are, after all, lifeless co