HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1863. [The right of Translation is reserved.] 250. l. 120. PREFACE: THESE papers and fragments may prove as interesting and instructive, as they may be easily and rapidly read. Allusive throughout to great social, literary, moral, and religious questions, they may, peradventure, fix what is evanescent, and turn to lasting usefulness what might otherwise be overlooked or forgotten. Combined with instruction, the author hopes the reader will find that interest which illuminates with a welcome ray of sunshine the pregnant questions and the stirring events of no common-place age, and turns instruction into pleasure, and a useful repast into a delightful refreshment. |