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Preface (THIS is the preface)

THIS is the preface to the Third Series of this work, and it seems to be necessary to say something. And yet if you will just turn from this page and open the window and look at the garden, the flowers will speak with far better effect than the author can possibly hope to do. Thus, by going to the fountain-head--which, of course, is out of doors--you will get a better discourse than can be attempted here, whether as prologue or epilogue. "The flowers have glad voices," and the less we have to say, the more agreeably will their utterances be heard. Those who are deaf to their voices may be able to see their colours or inhale their fragrance, and they will have only themselves to blame if they fail to appreciate their innumerable beauties.