BY THE AUTHOR OF “MAY MARTIN,"

“THE GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS,” &c.

“In every scene some moral let us teach;
And, if we can, at once both please and preach."

Pope's EPISTLES.

BOSTON:
BENJAMIN B. MUSSEY AND CO.
NO. 29 CORNHILL.

1848.

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 Massachusetta

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.