The "Characters" of Jean de La Bruyère

Transcriberʼs note: Due to the error in the numbering of the chapters in the original (no chapter number II and no chapter number for chapter “OF FASHION”), chapters have been renumbered as follows: I->I, III->II, IV->III, V->IV, VI->V, VII->VI, VIII->VII, IX-VIII, X->IX, XI->X, XII->XI, XIII->XII, (OF FASHION)->XIII, XV->XIV, XVI->XV, XVII->XVI. The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
THE “CHARACTERS”
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
PUBLISHERʼS NOTE.
Three hundred copies of this book printed for England, and two hundred, with an American imprint, for sale in that country. No more will be printed.
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JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
JEAN DE LA BRUYÈRE
NEWLY RENDERED INTO ENGLISH By HENRI VAN LAUN
With an Introduction, a Biographical Memoir and Notes
ILLUSTRATED WITH TWENTY-FOUR ETCHINGS By B. DAMMAN and V. FOULQUIER