PREFATORY.

YOU have neither the time, nor the inclination, possibly, to keep a full diary. Suppose, however, out of the multitude of matters that crowd each day, you jot down in a line or two those most worthy of remembrance. Such a book will be of the greatest value in after years. What a record of events, incidents, joys, sorrows, successes, failures, things accomplished, things attempted. This book is designed for just such a record. It can be commenced on any day of the year, and is so printed that it is good for any five years.

To illustrate how it should be used, suppose that it is begun on January 1. Under that day, in the first space, add the proper figures for the year to the date as printed. On the next day, January 2, do likewise, and so on through the year. When the year is ended begin again under January 1, for the second year, adding the appropriate figures in each of the second spaces, and so right through the remaining year.