THE CAIRN.
THE CAIRN
A GATHERING OF PRECIOUS
STONES FROM MANY
HANDS.
LONDON:
GEORGE BELL, 186, FLEET STREET.
1846.
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TO THE READER.
My “Cairn” is principally raisedby the hands of many friendswhose honoured names arenow with the dead, whose kind sympathieshave cheered my checquered existence,and whose intercourse has oftencorrected and enlightened my mind,leading it to seek in occupation a refugefrom painful feeling. These contributions,together with original thoughts,and the gleanings of my own reading,I presume to offer to the public; withthe hope that where criticism findsample cause to condemn, my acknowledgedweakness may plead for indulgence.Several pages bear the record of[vi]memories associated with those dear tome, and of events long past. I presumeto believe, that the perusal of the “Cairn,”cannot injure, and may not fruitlesslyoccupy or amuse an idle hour.
A Soldier’s Daughter.
