KO UNIVERSITY 35887861. April 19 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by JOHN P JEWETT AND COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the district of Massachusetts ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN BY WARREN, ENGRAVED BY ANDREW. ELECTROTYPED BY COWLES & COMPANY, 17 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON. PRINTED BY R. M. EDWARDS. 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. AND ALSO, 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. |