To Alfred
To Amelia
To Frederic
To my Daughter Ida
To my Wife on the Thirteenth Anniversary of our Wedding Day
To the Same (Twenty-fifth Anniversary)
To the Same (Thirtieth Anniversary)

FAREWELL TO MY HARP




THE EMIGRANT MECHANIC

A TALE OF HUMBLE LIFE.

_"Let not Ambition mock their useful toil."--
Gray._




BOOK I.


THE ARGUMENT.--Birthplace of the Mechanic. Affliction of the family.
Death of mother and two sisters. The father's second marriage. Family
tradition. Youth's thoughts and feelings in regard to it. Places
visited: Crossthwaite, Underbarrow, Lake Windermere, Esthwaite.