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TO
The Many Friends of the Author
WHO IN PAST YEARS
HAVE ENCAMPED WITH HIM IN FOREST AND BY STREAM,
AND WHO DOUBTLESS IN READING THIS LITTLE
VOLUME WILL RECALL HIS PRESENCE
WITH PLEASANT MEMORIES;
AND
TO THOSE READERS WHO NOT HAVING KNOWN HIM
WILL FROM THESE PAGES
MAKE SOME ACQUAINTANCE WITH HIS
LIFE AND CHARACTER.
