TALES
OF
THE GOOD WOMAN.
BY
A DOUBTFUL GENTLEMAN.
“Pietro.—What news, Tharsalio?
“Tharsalio.—O great. It has been settled in a conclave of authors, that from this
“time forward, there shall be no true history but romance, and no true romance
“but history. The venders have sworn to print, and the readers to buy nothing
“but rhodomontade; your travellers have pledged their honours to write so that
“none can tell whether they are dealing in fact or fiction; and the poets have
“made affirmation on Doomsdaybook, never to speak truth but when they have
“nothing else to say. For my part, I'll not be out of fashion—I'll lie like an
“almanac-maker.
—The New Republic of Letters.
NEW-YORK:
PUBLISHED BY G. & C. & H. CARVILL, 108 BROADWAY.
© 1829.
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