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TO JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED IN TESTIMONY OF A FRIENDSHIP WHICH, BEGINNING IN CHILDHOOD, HAS ONLY DEEPENED AND STRENGTHENED WITH TIME; AND AS A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM, ADMIRATION, AND LOVE FOR HIS HIGH POETIC GENIUS; HIS EXUBERANT HUMOR AND WIT; HIS DELIGHTFUL SOCIAL QUALITIES; AND HIS PURE AND NOBLE CHARACTER.