LOOKING TOWARD SUNSET.

From Sources Old and New, Original
and Selected.

By L. MARIA CHILD.

"When the Sun is setting, cool fall its gleams upon the earth, and
the shadows lengthen; but they all point toward the Morning."

JEAN PAUL RICHTER.

"I am fully convinced that the Soul is indestructible, and that ...
activity will continue through eternity. It is like the Sun,

which, to our eyes, seems to set in night; but it has
in reality only gone to diffuse its light

JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY,
LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS, OSGOOD, & Co.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by

L. MARIA CHILD,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

TENTH EDITION.

UNIVERSITY PRESS:

WELCH, BIGELOW, AND COMPANY,

CAMBRIDGE.

ΤΟ

MY DEAR AND HONORED FRIENDS,

MISS LUCY OSGOOD

AND

MISS HENRIETTA SARGENT,

This Volume

IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,

IN TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR THEIR EXAMPLE,

WHICH CONFERS BEAUTY AND DIGNITY ON DECLINING YEARS,

BY ACTIVE USEFULNESS AND KINDLY SYMPATHY

WITH THE HUMAN RACE.