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Epigraph: Clarior e Tenebris. [English translation of the Latin: Brighter from obscurity]

Dedication: To my Venerable and Honoured Grandfather, my oldest, truest, and best friend, I dedicate this, my first literary effort, with feelings of deepest gratitude and love.

Author's note: The contents of this Book form part of a much larger collection which I had prepared for publication. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining a more substantial kind of binding, I thought it better to publish at present this smaller edition and submit it to public opinion before issuing a larger and more expensive work.