G. P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.

M.DCCC.LV.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by

G. P. PUTNAM AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern
District of New York.

Printed and Stereotyped by BILJAN & BROTHER, 20 North William street, N. Y.

"I grieve not that ripe knowledge takes away The charm that Nature to my childhood wore,

For with the insight cometh day by day,

A greater bliss than wonder was before.

To win the secret of a weed's plain heart,
Reveals the clue to spiritual things.

The soul that looks within for truth may guess
The presence of some unknown heavenliness."

J. RUSSELL LOWELL.

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