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TO

GEORGE WILLIAM CHILDS,

The Original Publisher of this Volume,

WHO HAS GREATLY FURTHERED MY LABOURS BY HIS ENTERPRISE

AND

ZEALOUS AND INTELLIGENT INTEREST,

I Dedicate

THE FRUITS OF MANY YEARS OF ANXIOUS RESEARCH

AND

CONSCIENTIOUS TOIL.

S. AUSTIN ALLIBONE.

Philadelphia, September 1, 1858.