Front matter
Reading edition
BY
GEORGE P. UPTON
AUTHOR OF “THE STANDARD OPERAS,” ETC., ETC.
Second Edition
REVISED AND ENLARGED
CHICAGO A. C. McCLURG AND COMPANY 1886
Copyright, By A. C. McClurg and Company, A.D. 1886.
As a tribute
TO THE
FRIENDSHIP OF A STEADFAST COMRADE,
AND AS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF HER HELPFUL SERVICE,
I Dedicate
THESE STUDIES OF MY LEISURE HOURS
TO MY WIFE.