The Solitudes of Nature and Of
THE GENIUS OF SOLITUDE. WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR. THE POETRY OF THE ORIENT. A Critical and Historical Introduction to Sanscrl!, Arabic, and Persian PoetTy. Illustrated by several hundreds of characteristic Specimen.. One volume. 16mo. Third Edition. Price,,, 1.75. A CRITICAL HISTORY OF THE DOCTRINE OF A FU· TU RE LIFE. With a Complete Bibliography of the Subject. This elaborate history of the opinions of the human race concerning the fate of the soul presents every portion of the great subjett with popular clearness. with thofoughness, and with impartiality. It fonns a royal octavo volume of nine hundred and fourteen pages. It includes an ACCOUNT OF THE LITERATURE OP THE SUBJECT, by EZRA ABBOT, which embraces a description of over five thou· sand and three bundred distinct works, carefully arranged in chronnlogical order, and furnished with an Alphabetical Index. Fourth Edition, Revised and Im proved. Price,,,+So. THE ~OLITUDES OF NATURE AND OF MAN-, OR, The Lonel£ness· of Human Life. WILLIAM ROUNSEVILLE ALGER. Hast du Begriff von Oed' und Einsamkeit ? GORTHS. BOSTON: ROBERTS BROTHERS. 1867. YL4& r \ I(;'-/~ ~~ EnLered according to Act of Congress, in the year ]866, by W. R. ALGER, in tho Clerk's Office of the District Lourt of the District of Massachusetts. THIRD RDITION. UNIVBRSITY PRRSS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & CO., CAMBRIDGE. TO JAMES MARTIN E AU, WHOSE GENEROUS HEART BRINGS HIM INTO iH'MPATHY WITH TilE MULTITUDE OF MEN FROM WIlOM illS LOFTY MIND WOULD ISOLATE HIM, THESE PAGES-ARE DEDICATED WITH REVERENCE AND GRATITUDE. PREFACE. -- THOSE who have the key for interpreting the signs of genuine thought and emotion will perceive that this book has sprung sincerely from the inmost life of the writer.
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