G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
1915
To

ALL MY FRIENDS EVERYWHERE

ESPECIALLY TO MY BELOVED

"NEW HAMPSHIRE DAUGHTERS" IN MASSACHUSETTS,

MY PUPILS IN SMITH COLLEGE,

ALSO AT PACKER INSTITUTE, BROOKLYN,

AND ALL THOSE WHO HAD THE PATIENCE TO LISTEN TO MY LECTURES,

WITH GRATEFUL REGARDS TO THOSE DARTMOUTH GRADUATES
WHO, LIKING MY FATHER, WERE ALWAYS GIVING HIS
AMBITIOUS DAUGHTER A HELPING HAND