Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by

JAMES FRENCH & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Stereotyped by
HOBART & ROBBINS,

New England Type and Stereotype Foundery

BOSTON.

Co

HIM

WHO WAS MY ADVISER AND GUIDE IN PERPLEXITY,

MY FRIEND AND CONSOLER IN HOURS OF SORROW AND AFFLICTION,

AND MY JOY AMID THE SUNSHINE OF PROSPERITY,

This Little Volume

IS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

BY

THE AUTHORESS.