/^^^(^ 





ixl|clct. 



I dedicate to thee what is really thine oivn : three hooks ^\ 

 of the fireside, spi'ung from our siueet evening tall; — 



THE BIRD— THE INSECT— THE SEA. 



Thou alone didst inspire them. Without thee I 

 should have pursued, ever in my oivn track, the rude path 

 of human history, ' 



Thou alone didst prepare them. I received from 

 thy hands the rich harvest of Nature. 



And thou alone didst croivn them, placing on the 

 accomplished ivork the sacred floiver ivhich blesses them. 



J. MICHELET. 



