the skin, the blood fixes and congeals in a moment, and the strongest

animal falls motionless to the ground."--Robertson's America.

To you, who have given me friendship in adversity, counsel in

perplexity, and hope in despondency, permit me, as an expression

of my deep and lasting gratitude, to inscribe the "Misanthrope."

With sentiments of the highest respect,

Frederick City, September 1849.

A fountain near the summit of a mountain, from which, through a