OF

LETTERS.

4745-3

BY

J. ROGERS REES,

AUTHOR OF

66 THE DIVERSIONS OF A BOOKWORM," "THE PLEASURES OF A

BOOKWORM," ETC.

"Ah, did you once see Shelley plain,
And did he stop and speak to you?
And did you speak to him again?
How strange it seems, and new!"
ROBERT BROWNING.

NEW YORK:

LOCKWOOD & COOMBES, 275, FIFTH AVENUE.
1889.

To

MY DEAR AND VALUED FRIEND,

HOBART CLARK,

I SEND THIS LITTLE VOLUME ACROSS THE

ATLANTIC.

The unspoken lies nearer the heart than any uttered word.