PUBLISHERS' PREFACE. 



In presenting this book to the public, we make no apologies. 

 There never was but one Doctor A. W. Chase. The immense sale 

 of his former works is evidence that the public demand all that 

 ever came from his prolific and philanthropic pen. There is no 

 man now living, and none dead, whose writings have been so 

 eagerly sought for, and no man, whose whole life was so 

 devoted to the good of others. Through reverses in business, he 

 left no pecuniary benefits to his family except the manuscript of 

 this book, but died with the consciousness that his work had been 

 appreciated and that he had been a benefactor to mankind. Dr. 

 Chase's name is a household word in millions of homes; we trust 

 this book will make it a familiar name in a million more, and, 

 although this, his final work, is by him dedicated to the people 

 whom he served so long and well, we, as publishers, think it 

 befitting to such as he to inscribe it " The Memorial Edition " 

 and dedicate it to his children. 



THE PUBLISHERS. 



