RECREATIONS. hn BY W. J. BRODERIP, ESQ., F.R.S., &c. &c. "He prayeth best, who loveth best He made and loveth all." COLERIDGE. FROM THE ENLARGED SECOND LONDON EDITION. PUBLIC PHILADELPHIA: LEA AND BLANCHARD. 1849. ΤΟ RICHARD OWEN, M.D., F.R.S., &c., &c., HUNTERIAN PROFESSOR IN THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS OF ENGLAND. MY DEAR OWEN: IN dedicating to you this little book, which would never have appeared in its present form without your suggestion and encouragement, I have only to hope that it will not be deemed entirely unworthy of association with your name. I am, My dear Owen, Your sincere friend, W. J. BRODERIP. London, May, 1847. |