1857.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857,
By JOHN DELAFIELD,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the
District of Missouri.

SAVAGE & McCREA, STEREOTYPERS,
13 Chambers Street, N.Y.

TO MY ALMA MATER,
COLUMBIA COLLEGE, NEW YORK,
This Essay is respectfully Inscribed,
BY The Writer.