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NOTE. 



The first five of these essays were pub- 

 lished in Country Gentlemen, Vol. 63, pages 

 448, 468, 488, 508 and 528, and are repro- 

 duced here through the kindness of the 

 Editor. The sixth essay is now printed for 

 the first time. F. A. W. 



University of Vermont, 

 Sept. 1, 1898. 



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