bosomed," and none but she, therefore, will be 

 able to discern in what I say more than the one 

 or two slight phases of my character which are 

 exhibited. But there are many others, mostly 

 worse. 



This little book is not a spontaneous produc- 

 tion, but is the result of labor and tribulation, 

 both physical and mental. Some of the views 

 I have expressed are unorthodox, and I am also 

 aware of the fact that they are not original, but 

 are mostly borrowed from or suggested by the 

 thoughts of others. 



Having thus introduced the author, I must say 

 a word about the garden. By most competent 

 judges it would be pronounced a very ordinary, 

 little, somewhat ill-kept garden. It has the ad- 

 vantage, however, of being old and of contain- 

 ing a few nice old trees and shrubs, while in form 

 and subdivision it is pleasantly irregular. If I 

 have created the impression that it is a greater 

 and grander domain than it really is, I merely 

 wish to state that such has not been my in- 

 tention. 



December, 1902. 



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