12 Prefatory Statement. 



found in sufficient quantity to repay the perusal of its 

 pages.* 



Wliatever errors we may have fallen into, we hope to 

 live long enough to correct or outgrow, even in our even- 

 ing of life. So we present the work to our readers as it is, 

 with the belief that many of them will, in due time, come 

 to be of our way of thinking. 



*Wo aro iudobtecl for friendly hints and asaietanco onBomopointa toacloso 

 tliiulior— Dr. 1). C. Havvxhuret, Battle Orool;, Mieh. 



