Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by

FOLLETT, FOSTER & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

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TO MY PARENTS:

THE DEAR FATHER, WHOSE PURE LIFE IS LIKE A BEACON TO MY

DARKENED PATHWAY;

WHOSE LOVE AND SYMPATHY HAVE BLEST AND CHEERED ME;

AND TO MY MOTHER AND STEP-MOTHER,

WHO REST FROM THEIR LABORS, ANGEL-CROWNED,

IN HEAVEN,

IS THIS VOLUME AFFECTIONATELY AND REVERENTLY INSCRIBED,

BY THEIR GRATEFUL DAUGHTER,

THE AUTHORESS.