Non-essentials.—­Weak in understanding, and rather ungovernable in temper.  Has been taught all fashionable accomplishments; plays well on the harp; sings Italian.  Bites her nails, cannot pronounce her h’s, and misplaces her v’s and w’s.  Her father was a butcher.

Miscellaneous Information.—­Keeps a recipe-book, and is fond of prescribing for colds and tooth-aches.  Has a great dislike to lawyers.  Eats onions.  Fond of bull-finches and canary-birds.  Collects seals.  Attends lectures on chemistry.  Sits with her mouth open.

No. 43.

Fortune.—­60,000_l_. in her own disposal.

Person.—­Aquiline nose, large dark eyes, tall and thin.  Fine teeth and hair, supposed false; but the lady’s-maid has high wages, and has not yet been brought to confess.

Non-essentials.—­Plays well on the piano.  Good-tempered.  Aged sixty-three.  Evangelical, and a blue-stocking.

Miscellaneous Information.—­Dislikes military and naval men.  Fond of hares and trout.  Has a great objection to waltzing.  Aunt to No. 14.  A prudent man might easily widen the breach between them.  Attends Bible-meetings and charity-schools.  Lame of one leg.

No. 61.

Fortune.—­An only child; father a widower, with landed property to the amount of 1,500_l_. per annum, and 40,000_l_. in the Three per Cents.  It is possible he may marry again, but it is hoped that this may not occur.  The daughter lives with a maternal aunt.

Person.—­A decidedly handsome brunette.  Tall, and well made.

Non-essentials.—­Charitable almost beyond her means; from which, and her wishing her father to marry, she is supposed to be extremely weak.  Temper excellent; said to be well educated, but of too retiring a disposition to allow of our discovering the fact without more trouble than the matter is worth.

Miscellaneous Information.—­Fond of the country.  Goes twice to church on Sundays; but this affords no opportunity to a lover, as she never looks about her.  Has an uncle a bishop, which may recommend her to a clergyman.

Every person who has directed his attention to the subject, must perceive at a glance the immense utility of a work of this nature, conducted, as it will be, by men who pledge their characters on the correctness of the information they convey.  When a bachelor decides on marriage, by running over a few pages of our work, he will, in half an hour, be able to select a desirable match; by applying at our office, and giving testimonials of his respectability, he will receive the lady’s name and address; and he may then pursue his object with a calm tranquillity of mind, a settled determination of purpose, which are in themselves the heralds and pledges of success.  Or, should he meet in society a lady who pleases his taste, before resigning himself to his admiration, he will make inquiries at our office as to the number under which we have placed her in our list; and should she be of too little value to deserve a place in it, he will vigorously root her from his imagination, and suffer himself no longer to hover round her perilous charms, “come al lume farfalla.”—­New Monthly Magazine.