TO HER WHOSE CHARMING GRACES FORM FOR THE HEART OF EVERY TRUE KENTUCK-IAN THE GREATEST INCENTIVES TO CHIVALROUS AND LOFTY DEEDS, WHOSE BEAUTY AND PURITY ENCOURAGE HIM EVER TO ASPIRE TO ATTAIN TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD OF MANLY WORTH, AND  WHOSE   UNSURPASSABLE   VIRTUES WILL EVER BE   A   SOURCE   OF  EMULATION   TO   THE  WOMANHOOD  OF OUR COUNTRYTO HER, "THE WOMAN OF KENTUCKY," THIS    VOLUME    IS DEDICATED
BY
THE    EDITORS