I DEDICATE MY BOOK TO MY WIFE, BECAUSE THERE'S A ROSE LOOKING IN AT THE WINDOW IN EVERY CONDITION OF LIFE IN DAYS OF CONTENT AND ENJOYMENT, IN HOURS WITH BITTERNESS RIFE. WHERE'ER THERE'S THE SMILE OF A TRUE WIFE, AS BRIGHT AS A BEAM FROM ABOVE, 'TIS THE ROSE LOOKING IN AT THE WINDOW, AND FILLING THE DWELLING WITH LOVE. -From Poems by P. M. James. PREFACE TO THE TWELFTH EDITION. THE rapid sale of the Eleventh Edition brings to the author a far greater satisfaction than the mere success of his book, in the thankful thought, that, by a cheaper publication, he is privileged to communicate to others, more largely than heretofore, the pure enjoyment which, for half a century, he has found in his Love among the Roses. THE DEANERY, ROCHESTER. December, 1891. S. REYNOLDS HOLE. |