Investigation, Or, Travels in the Boudoir

Book excerpt: "The chief design of the following little work is to prove to young persons of active imaginations, that happiness and knowledge depend not, as such are too frequently disposed to imagine, on a foreign tour; but that much valuable information may be obtained in their own county,--amusement in their own homes--nay, pleasant variety and real entertainment, even in those very apartments where, for want of occupation, many an intelligent mind may have idly lounged for hours"--P. [vii]