The Book of Snobs [antikvár]

PREFATORY REMARKS. [The necessity oí a work ön Snvbs, demanstrated írom His-tory and proved by íelicitous illustrations:-I am the individ-ual destined to write that work-My vocation is announced in terms oí great eloquence-l show that the wörld has been gradually preparing itself tor the WORK and the MAN-Snobs are to be studied like other objects oí Natural Science and are a part oí the Be\autiíul (with a large B). They pervade all classes-Afíecting instance oí Colonel Snobley.] WE have all read a statement (the authenticity of which I take leave to doubit entirely, for (upon what calculations, I sh-ould like to íknow, is it fo(unded?)-we have all, I say, been favoured by perusing a remark, that when the times and ne-cessities of the worlid call for a Ma,ny that individijial is found. Thus at the French Revolution (which the reader will be pleased to have inteoduced so early), when it was requisite to administer a corrective dose to the nation, Robespierre was found a most foul and nauseous dose indeed, and swallowed eagerly by the patient, greatly to the latter's ultimate advan-tage: thus, when it becomes necessary to kick John Bull out of America, Mr. Washington stepped forward, and performed that job lto satisfaotion: thus when the Earl of Aldborough was unwell, Professor Holloway appeared with his pilis, and cured his iordship, as per advertísement, étc. etc. Number-leisis instances mighlt be adiduoed to show, that when a naition is in great want the relief is at hand, j,ust as in the Pantomimé (that tmicrocosim) where, when Clown wants anything-a warming-pan, a pump-handle, a goose, or a lady's tippet- 2—2127 17