Contents THREE WHIMSICAL VIEWS OF THE FUTURE ESTATE DAVID FOWLER, AN INDIAN CONVERT, RECOUNTS 340 341 343 JUDGING FROM THE PAST, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ANTICI- PATES THE FUTURE WITH RATIONAL ASSURANCE xxiv O acknowledge the receipt of letters is always proper, to remove doubts of their miscarriage. GEORGE WASHINGTON then ETTERS should be affectionate, natural, and graceful almost everybody can get as far as that ake them as witty, or sensible, or in any way agreeable as ou can. CATHARINE M. SEDGWICK "If you TEVER write for the sake of covering paper. have nothing to say, say nothing." This was the dvice of my dearly beloved mother, and I hand it down ■you. ABBY HOPPER GIBBONS |