Excerpt from Coelebs in Search of a Wife: Comprehending Observations on Domestic Habits and Manners, Religion and Morals As soon as I arrived at my native place, I lent my mana script to a confidential friend, as the shortest way of import ing to him whatever had occurred to me during our separa tion, together with my reflections on those occurrences. I took care to keep his expectations low, by apprizing him, that in a tour from my own house in Westmoreland to the house of a friend in Hampshire, he must not look for ad ventures, but content himself with the every day details of common life, diversified only by. The different habits and tempers of the persons with whom I had conversed. He brought back my manuscript in a few days, with an earnest wish that I would consent to its publication, assur ing me that he was of opinion it might not be altogether useless, not only to young men engaged in the same pur suit with myself, but to the general reader. He obviated all objections arising from my want of leisure, during my present interesting engagements, by offering to undertake the whole business himself, and to release me from any further trouble, as he was just setting out for London, where he proposed passing more time than the printing would re uire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.