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BY AUNT HATTIE,
AUTHOR OF “BROOKSIDE SERIES,” ETC.
“In everything give thanks.”—Paul.
BOSTON: HENRY A. YOUNG & CO., 24 Cornhill.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by
REV. A. R. BAKER.
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
To NELLIE, ROLAND COTTON, ANNIE, AND FULLER APPLETON, CHILDREN OF MY BELOVED NEPHEW, The Rev. JOHN COTTON SMITH, D.D., THESE SMALL VOLUMES ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED, WITH THE EARNEST PRAYER THAT THEIR LIVES MAY PROVE THEM TO BE LAMBS IN THE FOLD OF THE GREAT AND GOOD Shepherd of Israel.