Dear Sir:
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,
Your obt. servt.,
George W. Sands.
Frederick City, September 1849.
Dramatis Personae.
Werner—Misanthrope.
Manuel—a cottager.
Albert—his son.
Rebecca—wife to Manuel.
Rose—his daughter.
Spirits.
An aerial chorus.