THE OLD MAN'S BRIDE.
BYT. S. ARTHUR.
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER,
145 NASSAU STREET.
1853.Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by CHARLES SCRIBNER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
INTRODUCTION.
THE author of the "Old Man's Bride" has I little to say in regard to the story, beyond the simple declaration, that it has been written with, perhaps, more than common earnestness, and with a directness of purpose that never permitted him to lose sight of the important social lesson he was aiming to teach; a lesson much needed in the present time, and one that cannot be studied too closely. Marriage is too important a contract to be entered into lightly. Those who make it a matter of bargain and sale, we care not under what pressure from outward circumstances, commit an error most fatal to their happiness; and inflict a wrong page: 6-7[View Page 6-7] upon themselves, it may be upon others, which nothing can ever fully repair. To set this forth in strong light, is the design of the present volume.
