TO LIZZIE,
PRECIOUS, SAINTED DAUGHTER,
WHOSE KEEN AND GENTLE INTEREST SWEETLY INSPIRED, AND
WHOSE SADLY EARLY DECEASE
BECLOUDED THESE LABORS, HER FOND FATHER
DEDICATES,
AS A MONUMENT, REARED IN THE PRESENCE OF ALL WHOSE
NAMES APPEAR IN THESE PAGES,
THIS VOLUME
WHICH EMBALMS THE MEMORY OF MANY LOVELY LIVES,
FILLED WITH DEEDS OF FILIAL AFFECTION
AND CHRISTIAN DEVOTION, BUT OF
NONE SURPASSING HERS.