A word as to the title, " Fresh Woods and 

 Pastures New." I think it well to say that I had 

 thought of three other, and, as it seemed to me, 

 more appropriate ones ; but after diligent inquiry 

 I found they already exist as book-titles the last 

 selected was " Fresh Fields," with which I had 

 nearly gone to press when I discovered that Mr. 

 Burroughs had already adopted it in a charming 

 little book (Houghton, Boston Douglas, Edin.), 

 with which I should be sorry to come into 

 collision. I have now fallen back upon the exact 

 words from the last line of " Lycidas," about 

 which the question of copyright can hardly arise ; 

 nevertheless, I trust I have not been anticipated in 

 using as a title this well-known though often mis- 

 quoted line. 



E. M. 



