Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by D. APPLETON & COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. TO THE HON. WILLIAM L. SHARKEY. OF MISSISSIPPI, Eminent alike as a jurist, a statesman, and the friend of general literature, I dedicate this book, as an humble evidence of the high value I set upon his friendship, and of my appreciation of those qualities of character which have drawn to him such universal attachment and respect. LONGWOOD, August, 1857. J. B. C. |