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NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1874

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by HENRY HOLT, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

TO THE MEMORY OF

LE GRAND LOCKWOOD,

OF NEW YORK,

This Volume

IS DEDICATED, IN RECOGNITION OF THE UNOSTENTATIOUS, UNPROMISED, AND UNRESERVED LIBERALITY WHICH RENDERED IT POSSIBLE FOR THE AUTHOR TO REMAIN IN CRETE DURING THE INSURRECTION.