ditions of thought and emotion which men do not willingly surrender or forget, may hope to interest a wide circle of humanity. I have included in this collection some occasional pieces of little import in themselves, because I have often derived gratification from the revival of the events of my time in the memory, by such small landmarks of history. "The Funeral of Napoleon " anticipated the then improbable return of the dynasty, and the memorials of the Crimean and American wars may serve as records of the sentiments that underlay those great political contests. FRYSTON, March 1st, 1876. T |