BY THE AUTHOR OF "MAY MARTIN,"
"THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS," &c.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY
NOV 9 1957

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,

BY D. P. THOMPSON,

In the Clerk's 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.