To THE Memory op 



MY MOTHER, 



CATHARINE JULIA SHELDON McCOOK, 



Whose Enehoy, Intelligence 



AND Delicate Culture, Lofty charactek, 



Exalted Aims and Maternal Devotion, 



ADDED Honor to Womanhood, 



and gave Her Motherhood an Imperishable Influence 



AND Charm, 



THIS ROOK IS DEDICATED 



In Grateful and Loving Homage 



BY THE AUTHOR. 



