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Dedication

TO
CHARLES ANTHON, ESQ., L.L.D.,
JAY PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK AND LATIN LANGUAGES
IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK,
THIS, HIS FIRST ATTEMPT IN
CLASSICAL ROMANCE,
IS MOST APPROPRIATELY DEDICATED;
AS A SLIGHT HOMAGE
TO
SUPERIOR CLASSICAL ATTAINMENT
AND WITH A FAINT HOPE OF GAINING
THE HIGHEST AIM OF LITERARY AMBITION,
THE INESTIMABLE “LAUDARI A LAUDATO,”—
BY HIS
OBEDIENT SERVANT,
THE AUTHOR.

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