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iv may justly become an occasion, of expressing the hope that their respected author will not long withhold it from the public. The editors also feel a pleasure in being allowed to add, that the poems and this and the succeeding collection (No. II.) signed "Sister M. J." in the table of contents, are due to the talent and piety of a member of the Convent of Sisters of Mercy in Charlesville.

The directions with reference to singing are given in the preface to the volume of Music, in which each piece will be found, adapted to an easy and appropriate melody; and in the conclusion of their work, the Editors beg to return their thanks to many other contributors, to whose kind co-operation in different ways they have been indebted for its completion.

H. F.