The
authors of these papers would of course be little disposed to claim any
high merit for their offerings, yet any reader who runs his eye over the
list of contributors will see at once that they are generally writers
whose compositions are eagerly sought for by the public, and among them
are some names whose pens can coin gold whenever they choose to move. All
these articles are original, and nothing is inserted in this book that has
been before published. We are confident that it deserves, and will command
wide and choice circulation.
A word as to the lady for whose benefit these gifts are brought together.
The preface of Mr. Bryant and the letter of Mr. Butler, tell her story
with sufficient distinctness, and the readiness with which our men and
women of letters have so generally complied with her request, shows what
eloquence she bears in her presence and statement. Some certificates from
her pupils in drawing, who testify to her love of nature and her delight
in sketching directly from nature, so greatly to their improvement in this
beautiful art, give peculiar pathos to her case. The organ that was the
source of her highest satisfaction is closed up by this dark sorrow, and
the gate called Beautiful, to this earthly temple no longer is open to
scenes and faces of loveliness.
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