The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1824-11-11
roife s.,lito.s Cf tic Nilningtonian.

GESrLEMGS.
Observing a piece in yonr paper Of the
21st October, "en the unhappy effects ct i'll
matched marriage = was led to reflect on
a source ofunhapplncss III the married state
which appears 70 have escaped the obscrva-
ton Of the cssayist, but which is nevcrthc-
less fruitful theme for animadverson;
alladc to the peinicious practice Of indiscri-
inmate n1rei-yeudimg. IN indulgence in this
habit has been, and still IS, the ecausc C. much
unhapp;ness III the married state. 4 Young
lady whose taste and opinions have been
formed from novels and romances, will rare
ly be happy il united to man OF ordinary
appearance, manners and requirements; her
imagination had portrayed an ideal beng,
in accordance with the high colouring of the
novelist and She finds it not a little difficult
to iope, honoNr and obeY man who does
not in one single point resemble her tavorite
heroes In those witchng volumcs,thc fasci-
nation Of which still fingers around her, She
compares her good man with the over
wrought dcl;neations She has been accustom-
cd to treasure mp, and she finds he is not a
! Inaaaeus, a IIuliace, or AIortimcr.t
/ lii the halcyon days Of courtship, her vivid
/ fancy had perhaps invested him with many
an IMAGINARY virtue. and by bcstowinS on
HIM some romantic name, when writing to
or of him. she persuaded herself into the be-
I lief, that hc really was the parsonage her
! glowing imagination had pictured him; but
/ when the every day occurrences OF unvar-
nished life press upon her, She feels an insi-
! pidity, an intolcrablc vacuity, spicclcss
State, that occasions pceyiSh frcttulncss
and disappointment, but i'll calculated to IN
4 sure happiness to either party. \ case i'll
/ point occurs to every mind, in the person Of
my young friend Ann Eliza: Shc had indulg-
\ cd in the pcrnicious practice of novel read
ing from early childhood, unknown to her
excellent mother, and with a mind deeply
! imbucd with romantic sentiments, and an
imagination fired with the elegance OF a
I 1MndcpH}c, the fashion Of a Gr0ndi&9n, and
manly beauty of an .4tiothhus or H,@ri, She
was ushcrcd into the gay world, under the
auspices of an indulgcnt aunt.
Ann Eliza was pretty giri, and had ma
nv admirers, but She refused the offers of
several worthy men, whose plain good sense
had no attractionstor her, and continued the
gaVcst of The guy. and in secret sighed fol'
some captive heart congehial to her own.
At length a youie foreigner appeared in the
circle She frcquelted, and lumor said he was
of noble BIRTH She fancied her happiness
would be complee with Percy b, and at
length She gave him her hand: but a few
months only, convinced him that happiness
would not be th:ir portion in the conjngal
state. Ills patncc was tried TO the very
uttcrmost by hel unreasonable expectations,
aud communicating her peeNishness to ali
about her, their iousc was uncomfortable to
every one Annliiiza was NOT naturally a
, bad tempered girl, but disappointment in
the Hymenial state, and missing OF that e.'-
guisite bliss, she rad so long anticipated, she
felt an indifference TO the worthy man, her
; husband, and ca,sed him bitterly to rue the
E day he ever iointd his fate to that of a pro-
!. fcsscd novel reatcr.
; MAY this sllet,h prove beacon to warn
: others from the ock on which their happi-
ness was shattered forever, and if any of the
5 fair sex should eel willing to perusc these
lines, may they &c induced to conquer the
. deeterious prop nsity, too prevalent in this
c Our day. of indi crininate novel reading, fol
d be assured it vii endanger your present and
i future peace. 70 the unmarried, ] woul(