A Doctor of the Old School — Volume 2

The book is A Doctor of the Old School Volume 2. It is with great good will that I write this short preface to the edition of A Doctor of the Old School which has been illustrated by Mr. Gordon after an admirable and understanding fashion because there are two things that I should like to say to my readers, being also my friends. It has been one man's good fortune to know four country doctors not one of whom was without his faults Weelum was not perfect but who each one might have sat for my hero. Three are now resting from their labors and the fourth if he ever should see these lines would never identify himself. May I take this first opportunity to declare how deeply my heart has been touched by the favor shown to a simple book by the American people and to express my hope that one day it may be given me to see you face to face.