TO MY 

 MUCH HONOURED AND ESTEEMED FRIEND, 



WHO HAS GRACIOUSLY ENCOURAGED THE STUDIES 



OUT OF WHICH IT CAME; 



AND WHOSE CORDIAL SYMPATHY AND REGARD, 



WITH FRANKEST RECOGNITION OF HIS 



DEEP DEVOTION TO HIS ART, 



GAVE ONE OF ITS FEW GREAT PLEASURES TO THE 



SHORT LIFE OF 



A DEAR BROTHER OF MINE, 



THIS BOOK 



IS HUMBLY DEDICATED, 



WITH GRATEFUL RECOLLECTIONS OF THE PAST. 



