MOST of the following sketches appeared 

 originally in Zioris Herald, of Boston, to 

 whose editor, Dr. Charles Parkhurst, I wish 

 to gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness 

 for encouragement and assistance in the 

 preparation and publication of this volume. 

 Thanks are also due to the following period 

 icals for the privilege of reprinting my work 

 from their columns : the New York Evening 

 Post, the Boston Transcript, the Sunday- 

 School Times, and Forest and Stream. 



JAMES BUCKHAM. 

 , MASS., March 4, 1903. 



