THE Composition and compilation of this little work, which makes no literary pretensions, has been to me quite a labour of love, because I have long desired to write something for the class whom it is designed to interest and amuse.
The materials are various; and some readers may be surprised to find Cléry in the list; but surely, every quality that is honourable in a servant shone conspicuously in him: he served a king, and with such courage, fidelity, and devotion, that the most menial occupation was dignified by him, and this king of valets can hardly fail to awaken the sympathies of good old English Servants, and good young ones too.