THE GREATEST PLAGUE OF LIFE: OR The Adventures OF A LADY IN SEARCH OF A GOOD SERVANT.
INTRODUCTION I.
HOW I BECAME ACQUAINTED WITH THE SUBJECT OF MY LITTLE BOOK.
“Is there a heart that never loved, Or felt soft Woman’s sigh? Is there a man can mark unmoved Dear Woman’s tearful eye? Oh, bear him to some distant shore, Or solitary cell: Where none but savage monsters roar, Where love ne’er deigned to dwell.” Popular Ballad.
It has been as wisely as beautifully remarked by the Rev. RobertMontgomery, in his delightfully truthful and sweet, pretty Poem,entitled “Woman an Angel!” that the lovely daughters of Eve (I quotefrom memory, giving rather the sentiment than the words of that