“The fictions of genius are often the vehicles of the sublimest verities, and its flashes often open new regions of thought, and throw new light on the mysteries of our being.”— C�������. NEW YORK: SINCLAIR TOUSEY, 121 NASSAU STREET. 1863. E������ according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by P. B. RANDOLPH, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.