A selection from these characters forms the sub jcet of the following pages. They are delineated and described for the entertainment and instruction, not only of those who are enabled by a constant residence in cities to verify the truth of the portraits, but also of those of our young friends who reside in the coun try, and may wish to see pictures, drawn directly from nature, of the actual life of dwellers in large cities.
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