PREFACE 



TO THE FIRST EDITION. 



Now that the work is just ready to appear, I am thankful 

 to him [the Publisher] for the opportunity of saying in this 

 prefatory page, with what pride and pleasure I have looked 

 over the accessories and embellishments with which, by his 

 zeal and spirit, and by the admirable co-operation he has 

 been so fortunate to secure, my humble work is elevated 

 to a quality of real importance. * ^ * If my 

 gratitude to my coadjutors causes me to overrate the product 

 of our labours, I shall not at least be mistaken in saying 

 that we have all done our best to set forth a true present- 

 ment of the land we love, in the hope of inducing and 

 enabling those who live in town or plain to know and love 

 it as we do. If any think that we have painted it too fair, 

 and that we love it fanatically, let them come and see. 



H. MARTINEAU. 



