A necessary digression -- Introduced by story containing moral -- One of the charms of this book -- The Journal that did not command success -- Its boast: "Instruction combined with Amusement" -- Problem: say what should be considered instructive and what amusing -- A popular game -- Expert opinion on English law -- Another of the charms of this book -- A hackneyed tune -- Yet a third charm of this book -- The sort of wood it was where the maiden lived -- Description of the Black Forest.
A story is told of a Scotchman who, loving a lassie, desired her for his wife. But he possessed the prudence of his race. He had noticed in his circle many an otherwise promising union result in disappointment and dismay, purely in consequence of the false estimate formed by bride or bridegroom concerning the imagined perfectability of the other. He determined that in his own case no collapsed ideal should be possible. Therefore, it was that his proposal took the following form:
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