Complete and unabridged, with 36 full-page plates by John Constable, Jean Gigoux and Eugène Delacroix. A shy bachelor in New York decides to conduct his own courtship according to principles, and every principle fails him in a different way. Chambers in his lightest key, written for the magazine trade at the top of his market. This edition binds 36 plates after painters including Fernand Cormon, Charles Towne and Alfred Vickers, alongside 13 illustrations restored and coloured for the text.