0 MODERN ACCOMPLISHMENTS, MODERN SOCIETY, CHARLIE SEYMOUR, "Smack went the whip, round went the wheels." Fourth Thousand, COWPER. DEDICATED TO THE TRAVELLERS' CLUB. EDINBURGH: WILLIAM WHYTE AND CO., BOOKSELLERS TO THE QUEEN DOWAGER; ONDON LONGMAN AND CO. DUBLIN: W. CURRY AND CO. MDCCCXLVIII. HARVARD COLLEG JAN 3 1918 LIBRARY Ward fund EDINBURGH: ANDREW JACK, PRINTER, NIDDRY STREET. 8193 703 PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION. "It comes again!" SHAKESPEARE. A new edition of this volume rises like a phonix from the ashes of its predecessor, being formed of nearly the same materials, though it is hoped that in the present case, some corrections and additions may have been made with advantage, as the author has been most deeply solicitous, if possible, to justify the very lenient judgment, beyond her utmost anticipations, with which it has been already received. Books were treated formerly like persons accused of witchcraft-either drowned in the waters of oblivion, or burned in a hot fire of criticism; but now, a wide and rapid torrent of literature streams throughout the country, |