Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER,

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

UNIVERSITY PRESS:
WELCH, BIGELOW, AND COMPANY,

CAMBRIDGE.

LITERARY RECREATIONS

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MISCELLANIES.

"There are those who would never have an author speak of things of which others have spoken; and if he does, they accuse him of saying nothing new. But, if the subjects are not new, the disposing of them may be; as in playing at tennis both play with the same ball, but differently."

BLAISE PASCAL.