Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . MOTTOEg FOR (SHAPTER II¥. ^11 tbjoughtg, all pagsiorjs, all delighfcs,-Wljatever gtirg fehig rgorfeal frarrje,—^11 are but ministers of love,^nd feed hig gacred flarr|e. Coleridge. R. Oaniel come to Judgment,— yea a C)ar)iel !I tljarjk thee, Je-w, for teacl^irjg rqe tl^at word ! Shakespeare. T^he l^ungpy Judgeg soon tlje sentence gigr),.^r)d -wretcbjes har)g tb|at jupymer) may dine. Pope : The Dunciad^ ?^^ogterity ! Oont name tb)e word to
Green fields and whispering woods; or, The recreations of an American "country gentleman"; embracing journeys over his farm and excursions into his library . MOTTOEg FOR (SHAPTER II¥. ^11 tbjoughtg, all pagsiorjs, all delighfcs,-Wljatever gtirg fehig rgorfeal frarrje,—^11 are but ministers of love,^nd feed hig gacred flarr|e. Coleridge. R. Oaniel come to Judgment,— yea a C)ar)iel !I tljarjk thee, Je-w, for teacl^irjg rqe tl^at word ! Shakespeare. T^he l^ungpy Judgeg soon tlje sentence gigr),.^r)d -wretcbjes har)g tb|at jupymer) may dine. Pope : The Dunciad^ ?^^ogterity ! Oont name tb)e word to nje !If I should choose to preach) f-ogterity,W^here would you get cotergpor-ary fun ?Tl^at men will hjave it thjeres 130 blinking. Goethe : Prelude to Faust^ 193. CHAPTER XIV. ONSIDERABLE time havingbeen bj me devoted to reflec-tion upon the question, I haveabout reached the conclusionthat it is advisable to inter-weave a tale, — a love-storj,(ah, I fancy I see the gentlereaders eyes sparkle at themention!),— among the othermatters of this history; one,for instance, that shall extendthrough a number of chapters(say, some twenty or thirty)and which shall not appear toconstitute the chief business— the raison detre — of thosechapters, but rather an inci-dental thing,— a sort of by-play. The idea was first suggested to my mind by recallingthe very successful manner in which this sort of thing hadbeen accomplished by the author of the Breakfast Tablebooks, wherein the Schoolmaam and Iris are courtedso cosily and married off so comfortably, and all done sopleasantly! Delightful, indeed, are those love-tales! andsome exist — but I am not of the number — who esteemthem the best part of their respective books. I deem, how-ever, for certai
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