NOTE.

My first intention was to omit the following pieces from this publication, but on recommendation of several readers I have finally decided to place them in a seperate department; expecting in either case—whether included in this book or omitted—that the youthful aspirant, in this attempt to flutter out into the literary sphere, will fall headlong and be left only to dream of those glorious heights where others triumphantly soar amid the silvery clouds of fancy.

H. R. C.