"I have gathered a posie of other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own."

NINTH EDITION.

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1891.

JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.

JOHN BARTLETT.

THIS EDITION

IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED TO

THE MEMORY OF THE LATE ASSISTANT EDITOR,

REZIN A. WIGHT.