TO 



JUDGE PETER S. WHEELOCK, 



BOSTON, MASS., 



WHO, IN A NOTE PERMITTING THIS INSCRIPTION, WRITES, " IN EARLY 



BOYHOOD I USED, AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY, TO SIT AT THE 



EDGE OF THE WOODS, AT NIGHTFALL, AND HEAR 



THE BIRDS SING THEMSELVES TO SLEEP," 



THIS BOOK 

 IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED. 



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