THE MOURNER'S FRIEND: OR SIGHS OF SYMPATHY FOR THOSE WHO EDITED BY J. B. SYME. Friend after friend departs: Who has not lost a friend? WORCESTER: PUBLISHED BY S. A. HOWLAND. PREFACE. THIS volume, which is composed of pieces in prose and verse, by the best American authors and others, is intended as a sympathetic companion to all who are acquainted with grief. It is believed that during those hours of silent memory, which come to us all, fraught with images of our dear departed ones, this book will be found to speak the words of consolation and hope. It is hoped that fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, and friends, will recognize through their tears some features of their own loved ones, who have gone away from them forever, as they turn over its pages, which contain the utterances of others' sorrows and hopes. (RECAP) 41-29-419 2.8. 5873 892 |