TO 



THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER, 

 FEARING BURR, 



GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MY INDEBTEDNESS TO HIS 

 EXAMPLE AND KIND PARENTAL INSTRUCTION FOR ANY 

 MERIT THAT MAY BE FOUND IN ITS PAGES, 



THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED, 

 WITH THE WARMEST FILIAL AFFECTION, 



BY THE AUTHOR. 



