MOST of the following sketches appeared 

 originally in Zion's Herald, of Boston, to 

 whose editor, Dr. Charles Parkhurst, I wish 

 to gratefully acknowledge my indebtedness 

 for encouragement and assistance in the 

 preparation and publication of this volume. 

 Thanks are also due to the following period- 

 icals for the privilege of reprinting my work 

 from their columns : the New York Evening 

 Post, the Boston Transcript, the Sunday- 

 School Times, and Forest and Stream, 



JAMES BUCKHAM. 

 , MASS., March 4, igoj. 



