SHEWETH, -
THAT your Dedicator has perused, with feelings of virtuous
indignation, a work purporting to be \'Sketches of Young Ladies;\' written
by Quiz, illustrated by Phiz, and published in one volume, square
twelvemo.
THAT after an attentive and vigilant perusal of the said work, your
Dedicator is humbly of opinion that so many libels, upon your Honourable
sex, were never contained in any previously published work, in twelvemo
or any other mo.
THAT in the title page and preface to the said work, your Honourable
sex are described and classified as animals; and although your Dedicator is
not at present prepared to deny that you ARE animals, still he humbly
submits that it is not polite to call you so.
THAT in the aforesaid preface, your Honourable sex are also described
as Troglodites, which, being a hard word, may, for aught your Honourable
sex or your Dedicator can say to the contrary, be an injurious and
disrespectful appellation.