TALES

OF

THE SEA AND LAND:

OR,

A PEACEFUL PROGRESS O'ER THE UNPATHED SEA.

BY

MRS. DAVID OSBORNE.

THERE LIVES AND WORKS

A SOUL IN ALL THINGS; AND THAT SOUL IS GOD.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY A. COOPER, R. A.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.

1851.

ΤΟ

THE CHILDREN

OF

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

THE LADY JANE SWINBURNE,

Chis Little Volume

IS

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.

MY DEAR YOUNG FRIENDS,

It is not my purpose to detain you with a long preface, because I am aware that long prefaces are seldom read; but I wish to inform you that I have written this book, as I did my publication of last year, in the humble hope of being useful to those in whom I am so anxiously interested. I am myself happy in acknowledging the endearing appellation of " Mother," and I love all children, and regard them as priceless treasures, entrusted to the care and guidance of parents and teachers; with whom it rests in a great measure to render them blessings to their fellow-creatures, and happy themselves, or contrariwise.

Should the perusal of this little volume imbue you with a taste for the beautiful and ennobling science of Geography, my object will be gained; and that such may be the result of these humble endeavours is the sincere wish of

Your affectionate Friend,

LONDON,
February, 1850.

FANNY OSBORNE.