THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED,

IN CORDIAL RECOGNITION OF THE PRE-EMINENT

INDUSTRY AND SKILL DISPLAYED IN HIS ELUCIDATIONS

OF THE HOMELY SPEECH

OF OUR NATIVE COUNTY, AND IN GRATEFUL

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE UNFAILING SYMPATHY

AND THE KINDLY HELP WITH WHICH HE

HAS BRIGHTENED A FRIENDSHIP

OF MANY YEARS.