C748

COPYRIGHT, 1915

BY

MILES MENANDER DAWSON

The knickerbocker Press, New York

To

MISS JESSIE B. RITTENHOUSE, (his mistress)

DISCRIMINATING CRITIC AND UNFAILING FRIEND,

TO WHOSE APPRECIATION

THE AUTHOR'S PERSEVERANCE IN THE ARDUOUS LABOR

OF COLLECTING AND COLLATING THE TEXT FOR THIS BOOK

AND PREPARING IT FOR ITS READERS IS CHIEFLY DUE,

THIS VOLUME IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.

3