WITH FEELINGS OF HOPE 



THE AUTHOR INSCRIBES THIS WORK 



TO A BRITISH STATESMAN 



WHO HAS NOT YET APPEARED 



A STATESMAN WHO, 

 IN THE SPIRIT OF 'STEIN AND HARDENBERG, 



AND WITH THEIR 

 COURAGE, WISDOM AND PATRIOTIC FORESIGHT, 



WILL SECURE 



SUCH LEGISLATION AS WILL REALIZE 



THE UNTOLD RICHES WHICH RESIDE UNDEVELOPED 



IN THE SOIL OF HIS COUNTRY 



