RURAL ESSAYS. 



BY 



A. J. DOWNING. 



EDITED, WITH A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR, 



BY 



GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS, 



AND 



A LETTER TO HIS FRIENDS, 



BY 



FREDERIKA BREMER. 



or THE 

 UNIVERSITY 



O 



NEW YOBK : 

 LEAVITT & ALLEN, 



379 BEOADWAY. 



1857. 



