Excerpt from A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany, Vol. 1 of 2: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters Thole who are acquainted with what the prevalent manners and opinions of the French were, when thefe Letters firfi ap peared, will' perhaps do the Author the jufiice to fay, that the view he has given is pretty accurate. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.