Front matter
Reading edition
BY
F R E D E R I C L E A K E.

The earth has bubbles as the water has, And these are of them.—Banquo.
Mais les ouvrages les plus courts Sont toujours les meilleurs.—La Fontaine.
ALBANY, N. Y.: RIGGS PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO., 1896. Copyright, 1896 BY Riggs Printing and Publishing Company