DEDICATION. ΤΟ STN W-LR-E, ESQ. MY DEAR W- -E, IT is now about seven years since I promised (and I grieve to think it is almost as long since we met) to dedicate to you the very first Book, of whatever size or kind, I should publish. Who could have thought that so many years would elapse, without my giving the least signs of life upon the subject of this important promise? Who could 916924 |