ADVERTISEMENT.

The work from which the following is a selection, has been long out of print; and many inquiries have been made concerning it. Since its first appearance, a new generation of young people has grown up; and they may, perhaps, find amusement and improvement in pictures of domestic life, that were recognised as such by their mothers.

The present volume will probably be succeeded by another, containing the remainder of the original Pencil Sketches, with additional stories.

Eliza Leslie.

United States Hotel,
Philadelphia, March 25th, 1852.


CONTENTS.

[MRS. WASHINGTON POTTS.]13
[MR. SMITH.]50
[UNCLE PHILIP.]82
[THE ALBUM.]131
[THE SET OF CHINA.]147
[LAURA LOVEL.]157
[JOHN W. ROBERTSON.]197
[THE LADIES' BALL.]217
[THE RED BOX,]240
[THE OFFICERS:]266
[PETER JONES.]297
[THE OLD FARM-HOUSE.]314
[THAT GENTLEMAN:]333
[THE SERENADES.]358
[SOCIABLE VISITING.]376
[COUNTRY LODGINGS.]402
[CONSTANCE ALLERTON;]415

MRS. WASHINGTON POTTS.