Excerpt from The Sketch Book of Fashion, Vol. 1 of 2: The Second Marriage; My Place in the Country; The Pavilion Tn]: following Tales form the last of a series of Nevels, of a class created by the peculiar spirit of the last reign, and manifestly at variance with that of the present times. These sketchy performances, although favoured with critical praise fir beyond their pretensions or deserts, have in some instances been blamed for pungency of satire, and in some for a char acter of levity. To both charges the writer is willing to plead guilty. The only apology admissible for a fashionable novel, is the successful exposure of vices and follies daily and hourly generated by the corruptions of society. 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.