It is, indeed, within the power of every intelligent reader, by assiduity and perseverance, to attain the high privilege of those who walk in the midst of wonders, in circumstances where the uninformed and uninquiring eye can perceive neither novelty nor beauty; and of being
"Even as one,
Who by some secret gift of soul or eye,
In every spot beneath the smiling sun.
Sees where the Springs of living Waters lie!"
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
VOL. I.
Dedication, p. [v].
Prefatory Note to the Second Edition, [vii].
Preface to the First Edition, [ix].