Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838,

By Charles C. Little And James Brown, in the Clerk'i Office of ihe District Court of the District of Maaiachuaetts.

BOSTON:

PRINTED BY FREEMAN AM) BOLLES,

TO THE

Hon. HORACE MANN;

TO WHOSE PERSEVERING EXERTION.S,

OUR COUNTRY IS MAINLY INDEBTED

FOR ONE OF ITS NOBLEST INSTITUTIONS FOR AMELIORATING THE CONDITION OF THE INSANE,

THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

AS A HUMBLE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF ESTEEM,

BY

I. RAY.