Dedication
TO
THE ENGLISHMEN AND ENGLISHWOMEN
OF WHOM LONDON SOCIETY CONSISTS
THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS INSCRIBED
BY
A FOREIGN RESIDENT
WHO HAS ENJOYED MUCH INTERCOURSE WITH THEM
WHO IS UNDER MANY OBLIGATIONS TO THEM
FOR HOSPITALITY AND KINDNESS
AND WHO
WHILE DEEPLY APPRECIATING ALL THEIR VIRTUES
HOPES THAT HE WILL BE FORGIVEN IF HE HAS
IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES
POINTED OUT ANY OF THEIR FOLLIES
OR RALLIED THEM ON ANY OF THEIR FOIBLES
