Class 59 g Book Vol. 



Whitefield Public Library 



Whitefield, N. H. 

 Accession No. ggSO 



PREFATORY NOTE 



Of the chapters here brought together the two 

 longest, the first and the last, are reprinted from 

 the " Atlantic Monthly." The others were origi- 

 nally contributed, by way of weekly letters, to 

 three newspapers, — the " Evening Transcript " 

 of Boston, and the " Mail and Express " and the 

 " Evening Post " of New York. 





