. Clebs the younger in search of a wife; or, The drawingroom troubles of Moody Robinson esquire. ^^W^# 0 014 385 6392_ ! . i ; hh SSSft* ?f¥^m^tB^fffW^. LONDON-! HOGG-AND*SONS ^V CONTENTS. Preface. The Fatal Inexpressibles, 1 Sentimental Moody, 7 The Widow of Ems, . 15 Moodys Friend ; or, The Inadvertent Man, ... 27 Moodys First Offer, 59 A Slight Mistake, G9 Moodys Second Offer, 75 A Telegraphic Trouble, 91 Moodys Third Offer—A Country Visit, ... 97 The Masquerade, Ill The Shy Young Man 125 Moodys First Marriage, 145 Magic Balm, 163 Moody Settled, 175 PREFACE. Of course, the graver portion of
. Clebs the younger in search of a wife; or, The drawingroom troubles of Moody Robinson esquire. ^^W^# 0 014 385 6392_ ! . i ; hh SSSft* ?f¥^m^tB^fffW^. LONDON-! HOGG-AND*SONS ^V CONTENTS. Preface. The Fatal Inexpressibles, 1 Sentimental Moody, 7 The Widow of Ems, . 15 Moodys Friend ; or, The Inadvertent Man, ... 27 Moodys First Offer, 59 A Slight Mistake, G9 Moodys Second Offer, 75 A Telegraphic Trouble, 91 Moodys Third Offer—A Country Visit, ... 97 The Masquerade, Ill The Shy Young Man 125 Moodys First Marriage, 145 Magic Balm, 163 Moody Settled, 175 PREFACE. Of course, the graver portion of the public will, on readingthe title of this work, immediately it pass over as some frivo-lous attempt to amuse, unworthy of manly thought, or thehigher elements of imagination. A drawing-room trouble,they imagine, must be an insignificant distress, or, at thebest, feminine in its character ; forgetting that a little troublemay be a great nuisance, and therefore worthy of considera-tion. Absent shirt-buttons have caused more conjugal dis-agreement than even unfaithful flirtation itself; and howmany sweet matches have been spoiled by the merest
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