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. F 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. |