PREFACE 



IF 



T" 'YAVING been requested by several members of 

 M # the Myopia Hunt Club to publish in some per- 

 ma?ient book form what have been known for some years 

 as the Myopia Songs, after much rnodeling by the author 

 they have assumed this shape. May it meet the expec- 

 tations of the "Chorus^ 



'The requesting parties do not seem to think they are 

 worn down to the bone, even after their long use; and 

 though intended to be noisy they certify they are not 

 " roarers" are warranted " sound" without blemish. 



If the author is not required to endorse the certificate, 

 and the members of the Myopia Hunt Club will accept 

 theirs, these songs become club property, and the deed is 

 recorded in this book. 



Perhaps, like old clothing, these Songs when brought 

 out into the air tnay be found " moth-eaten." However^ 



