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still missed from this volume; they have been intentionally omitted, not to swell 
the size of the book and not to delay its publication, since many subscribers were 
kindly impatient to hail its issue from the press. Besides an appendix, containing 
the Language of Precious Stones, another appendix, comprising many poetic gems 
—flowers of friendship and tokens of memories embalmed—is the pleasant 
nosegay presented to the reader at parting. 
The Messrs. Wiltzius & Co., of Milwaukee, have been charged with pub¬ 
lishing the work, and that is sufficient guaranty that the etchings, typographical 
execution, and binding, will be all that the book deserves. 
Let the Ploral Apostles, then, go forth, and preach to a large and ever 
increasing audience. 
E. I. F. 
