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CONTENTS OF THE TWELVE NUMBERS.—(First Series.)

  • No. 1.—The Author's Purpose. 1

  • Lodgings in Town. 10

  • 2.—Classification of Belles. 23

  • The Fashionable Man. 28

  • 3.—Introductory. 43

  • Town Celebrities. 45

  • 4.—Introductory. 65

  • Ways of getting into Society 68

  • Diary of a Fashion Hunter. 74

  • Correspondence. 85

  • 5.—Respectables. 90

  • Old Beaux. 101

  • Correspondence. 107

  • 6.—Introductory 111

  • Lions. 117

  • No 7.—A sly chat with his Publisher. 135

  • Hints for a great Literary Monument. 143

  • The Opera. 145

  • 8.—People in Society. 161

  • Journal of a Lady in Society 175

  • Correspondence. 182

  • 9.—Introductory. 187

  • The Fashionable Lady. 195

  • 10.—Talk with the Ladies. 213

  • Correspondence. 226

  • The Bostonian. 231

  • 11.—Country Strangers. 239

  • Family and Ancestors. 255

  • 12—Authors and Authorlings. 267