AND

Winter's Wreath:

A 'CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S PRESENT,

FOR

MDCCCXXXVIII.

"This is Affection's Tribute, Friendship's Offering,
Whose silent eloquence, more rich than words,
Tells of the Giver's faith, and truth in absence,
And says Forget me not !"

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER AND CO., CORNHILL;

AND

WILLIAM JACKSON, 53, CEDAR STREET, NEW YORK.

LONDON:

Printed by Stewart and Co., 15, Old Bailey.

ΤΟ

HER MAJESTY,

ADELAIDE, QUEEN DOWAGER,

This Work

IS, BY PERMISSION,

MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

PREFACE.

THE past year has been marked by an event which has plunged a loyal people in sorrow, and, in reference to which, a record of the deepest sympathy with the illustrious Bereaved One, especially becomes a work that, for so long a period, has flourished under her gracious patronage. To the tribute of condolence, thus dutifully and respectfully offered, is added the fervent desire, that England may, for many years, enjoy the advantage of the example, afforded by that illustrious lady, of those domestic virtues, which, when adorning "the high places of the earth," have an influence on the morals of a nation, stronger than that of the wisest laws that ever emanated from the sagacity of man.

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