VIU PREFACE. 



neighbor tlie Kev. Sylvester Malone, to whose 

 library I am indebted for my first acquaintancô with 

 the writings of Father Hyacinthe. 



For the patient kindness of Father Hyacinthe 

 himself, who nevertheless is in no degree responsi- 

 ble for my work, it would be impossible for me 

 adequately to express my gratitude. 



Leonard Woolsey Bacon. 



New England CnuRcn, Brooklyn, 

 November, 1869. 



