BY THE AUTHOR OF "MAY MARTIN," Ianid Pierce Thempas "In every scene some moral let us teach; And, if we can, at once both please and preach." Clerks Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY S. N. DICKINSON, BOSTON. TO THE FRIENDS OF POPULAR EDUCATION AND SELF-INTELLECTUAL CULTURE, IN THE UNITED STATES, THE FOLLOWING PAGES, WRITTEN LESS WITH THE HOPE OF GAINING LITERARY FAME, THAN OF AWAKENING AN INTEREST, AND IMPARTING USEFUL HINTS ON AN IMPORTANT, AND, WITH ALL OUR BOASTS, A STILL SADLY NEGLECTED SUBJECT, ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. |