THE

BOOK OF GOLDEN GIFTS,

FOR

All Times and Seasons.

A

LOVING PARENT'S LEGACY.

DEDICATED

To the Memory

OF

HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE CONSORT.

LONDON:

HALL, SMART, & ALLEN, 25, PATERNOSTER ROW.

270.9.159.

270 by

London:

EMILY FAITHFULL, PRINTER AND PUBLISHER IN ORDINARY TO HER MAJESTY, "VICTORIA PRESS," 14, PRINCES STREET, HANOVER SQUARE, W.

DEAR CHILDREN,

I entreat your earnest perusal of this little "Book of Golden Gifts," selected from the vast stores of knowledge bequeathed for the good of Mankind by the Heaven-inspired utterers of "thoughts that breathe and words that burn," together with those of the wisest writers and thinkers of the Past and Present Age.

Animated, during my labour of love, with the conviction that I was collecting for your use a goodly amount of that Wealth which "gold could never buy," I have been cheered in my task with the pleasing belief that, under the blessing of Divine Wisdom, this fondly-conceived legacy would prove of enduring value to you throughout your pilgrimage along "life's thorny way," chequered, as you will constantly find it, by the fitful alternations of Love, Sorrow, and Joy.