Every one who has made the passage of the St Lawrence, will remember
the beautiful effect of the steeples on the shore. Occupying almost
every swell on the low interval, and tiled universally with tin, they
glisten in the moonlight like turrets of silver. It is even in that
majestic scenery an impressive and delightful feature.
PAGE 84, LINE 4.
_‘Child of the sunny brow.’_
Perhaps my book will be forgotten before the child, to whom these
lines are addressed, is old enough to understand them; but even if it
is not, there is little harm in saying that she is at this time the
most beautiful human being I ever saw. Her ‘thousand winning ways’ and
graceful motion are before me now like a sweet dream, and I shall never
forget them. May God bless her!
PAGE 87, LINE 14.
_‘As dew of the night’s quietness comes down.’_
If my readers have neglected meteorology as long as I did, the younger
part of them at least, would like to be told that the dew never falls
except on a still night.
Transcriber’s Notes
A number of typographical errors have been corrected silently.
Cover image was created by the transcriber and is in the public domain.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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