AUGUSTUS LOWELL Esq 



Vice-Presuient of the American Academy of Arts and ScUnctt 

 Trustee of the Lowell Institute 



AS THE WISE AND LIBERAL ADMINISTRATOR OF A NOBLB 



ENDOWMENT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND DIFFUSION 



OF KNOWLEDGE 



THIS WORK IS DEDICATED 

 WITH MUCH RESPECT AND ESTEEM 



BY THE AUTHOR 





