Aristocracy in America. From the sketch-book of a German nobleman. vol. 1 (of 2)

VOL. I.
LONDON: PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY, Bangor House, Shoe Lane.
W. Greatbatch, sc. MARTIN VAN BUREN, President of the United States . London, Published by Richard Bentley, 1839
ARISTOCRACY IN AMERICA.
FROM THE SKETCH-BOOK OF A GERMAN NOBLEMAN.
EDITED BY FRANCIS J. GRUND. AUTHOR OF “THE AMERICANS IN THEIR MORAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL RELATIONS.”
“Why should the poor be flatter’d? No: let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee, Where thrift may follow fawning.” Shakspeare’s Hamlet , Act iii. Scene 2.
IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.
LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY, NEW BURLINGTON STREET. Publisher in Ordinary to Her Majesty.
1839.
I dedicate to you the following pages, written by one of your fellow-citizens, who, though a European by birth, is firmly and devotedly attached to his adopted country.
If their contents should in any way offend you,—if the serious or ironical arguments contained in them should meet with your displeasure,—I entreat you to consider the purity of the Author’s intention, who, even where he employs personal satire, wishes but to expose error for the purpose of reform, not of ridicule.