WITH A DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE 

 THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED 



TO A 

 TRUE FRIEND, A CAREFUL. CRITIC, AND A WISE COUNSELLOR, 



CHARLES S. GLEED, 



WHO, BY WORD AND DEED, HAS HELPED THE WRITER OVER THE 



ROUGH PLACES AND MADE SMOOTH HIS PATHWAY 



IN PLACING THIS BOOK BEFORE THE PUBLIC. 



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