Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by DINSMOOR AND COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. GEO. C. RAND & AVERY, To ALL LOVERS OF NATURE AND TO ALL ENGAGED IN CULTIVATING AND ADORNING THE EARTH, This Book is Dedicated, WITH THE EARNEST HOPE THAT IT MAY ATTRACT TO THE PRACTICE OF THE ARTS OF CULTURE SOME WHO WILL SEE THAT THE PURSUIT IS FULL OF PLEASURE, WITH NO MORE THAN A HEALTHY AMOUNT OF LABOR. WITH THE HOPE THAT SOME WHO NOW EARN THEIR BREAD WITH THE SWEAT OF THEIR BROW, AND LOOK UPON THEIR CALLING AS A TREADMILL OF DRUDGERY AND ENDURANCE, MAY HERE LEARN THAT WITHIN THE ROUND OF THEIR DAILY DUTIES THEY HAVE EVERY THING WHICH CAN EXPAND THE MIND AND ENNOBLE THE SOUL. |