TO THE READER. 



Many a book seems worth while reading, 

 Though you give it but one call. 



Mark! Unless it bears re-reading 

 It should not be read at all. 



Lives of self-made men are ever 

 Full of healthy food for minds 

 Of ambitious, honest toilers: 



"He who seeks is he who finds!" 



May this book go forth and cheer you, 



And when courage ebbs away, 

 Take the noble author's motto: 



"Try again! Be firm and stay." 



J. C. B. 



L ^ A '' May, 1906. 



