Original (English)

PREFACE. WE were about preparing a few words of introduction to this volume, the materials for which have been culled from the highways and byways of literature, where our eyes fell upon these fitting sentiments, the authorship of which we are unable to give. They express clearly and beautifully what was in our own mind:— “If we would only bring ourselves to look at the subjects that surround as in their true flight, we should see