OUTLINES OF WESTERN LIFE AND SCENERY; SKETCHES
OF THE PRAIRIES, RIVERS, ANCIENT MOUNDS, EARLY
SETTLEMENTS OF THE FRENCH, ETC., ETC.
"If thou be a severe, sour-complexioned man, then I here
disallow thee to be a competent judge."--IZAAK WALTON.
"I pity the man who can travel from Dan to Beersheba, and
cry, ''Tis all barren.'"--STERNE.
"Chacun a son stile; le mien, comme vous voyez, n'est pas
laconique."--ME. DE SEVIGNE.