ΤΟ NEWMAN SMITH, ESQ. MY DEAR SIR, DURING the leisure hours which usually attend the first few years of professional life, I have sought relaxation in accumulating materials for the following unpretending pages, the completion of which now affords me the opportunity I have fondly anticipated, of dedicating to friendship the fruits of my amusement. Every step in my progress being debateable ground, I may perhaps be accused of a summary |