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Biographical Studies (Classic Reprint)

Author : George Washington Greene
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267338108
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Studies (Classic Reprint) written by George Washington Greene and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical Studies Oooper was but an infant when he was first carried to Cooperstown. His birthplace was Burlington, New Jersey, where he first saw the light on the 15th of September, 1789, and the little village, which was to be the home of his boyhood and his final resting-place, had been built by his father only three years before. Judge Templeton has always been supposed to be an outline sketch of that gentleman, and the Pioneers tells us what kind of a life was led in this home which he had made for himself in the wilderness. Perhaps the love of the water which led Cooper to the navy was first imbibed on the Otsego, and the associations with which he has invested Old ocean for so many minds, would thus be owing, in part, to a quiet little lake among the hills. Never was the child more truly father of the man than in Cooper. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Literary and Biographical Studies (Classic Reprint)

Author : James Baker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483685895
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Literary and Biographical Studies (Classic Reprint) written by James Baker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-22 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Literary and Biographical Studies Some Old square, faded, and tattered letters of Zachary Macaulay came into my hands the other day letters that have lain hidden for a century, that Lady Knutsford knew naught of, when She wrote the life of Lord Macaulay's father, the dominant, and indomitable Zachary. Zachary Macaulay ruled his family with an inﬂexible Will, yet that will was softened by the sweet inﬂuences Of his gentle wife Selina. These Old letters gave interesting glimpses into those home inﬂuences that moulded the character Of Tom, ' who was to become famous, and as historian, to Wield such an inﬂuence in England. The early training Of Tom's mother had been a useful one. She was the daughter Of a Bristol bookseller, a Mr. Mills, who had been so successful that he had been enabled to build a row of houses on the outskirts of the city, naming it Mills Place.' In living memory this place was near to open country, and close to Newfoundland Gardens, where vegetables were largely grown, and the little cottages were picturesque two-roomed dwellings. Mr. Mills lived in one Of the houses at Mills Place. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Studies in History (Classic Reprint)

Author : Henry Cabot Lodge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330794876
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Studies in History (Classic Reprint) written by Henry Cabot Lodge and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies in History From a number of essays written at various times and on various subjects I have brought these together in a volume because it seemed to me that they might be of some interest to students and lovers of our history. With one exception they all bear directly on the history of the United States, and the group relating to certain Federalist leaders and their contemporaries forms a closely connected series of biographical studies in the history of that famous party. My thanks are due to the editor of the "North American Review" and to the editor of the "Magazine of American History" for permission to use two articles which originally appeared in those periodicals and which are reprinted in this volume in a much extended form and with many changes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Studies in Biography (Classic Reprint)

Author : Spencer Walpole
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780666817433
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Studies in Biography (Classic Reprint) written by Spencer Walpole and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-03 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Studies in Biography The part which great men have played in the develop ment of events, moreover, imparts a personal interest to the historical narrative. We follow with keener relish in the fortunes of a man than the progress of a movement: and, though a nation may be rushing, like some mighty locomotive, through the ages to an unknown future, the spectator may be pardoned for concentrating his atten tion on the driver, who stands on the footboard and controls the machine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

German Life and Literature

Author : Alexander Hay Japp
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483428652
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (286 download)

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Download or read book German Life and Literature written by Alexander Hay Japp and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from German Life and Literature: In a Series of Biographical Studies There are eastern rivers which are said to lose themselves in sand, and after a time to reappear, gathering beauty around their borders, but causing some difficulty to geographers on the ques tion of true sources. Something similar may be said of German literature. It would be too much to assert that those early pre ludes, those Middle-age warblings, with their quaint glimpses of Rhine and Harz - wald, which still mixed themselves, in faint but pleasing reminiscence, with the preachings of the friars and the strife of the Reformation, wholly ceased to have inﬂuence when the Reformation had done its work; but it is an undoubted fact that the later results of the Reformation did something to cut off the early literature of Germany from modern German literature, and to leave between the two an arid reach of sandy waste, un watered by the gracious stream of a truly national sentiment. This may seem a strong statement, but we believe it is so far susceptible of proof and illustration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Biographical and Literary Studies (Classic Reprint)

Author : Albert Henry Currier
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483446304
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book Biographical and Literary Studies (Classic Reprint) written by Albert Henry Currier and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical and Literary Studies Custom has made it seem fitting, when an au thor publishes a book, that he should give in a foreword something like an apology for his action, lest he be charged with presumption for inviting public attention to his work. Has his book une mison d'etre? That depends on the general interest and value of the topics presented and whether the author has shown intelligence and literary skill in his treatment of them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An Annual Publication of Historical Papers

Author : Trinity College Historical Society
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333090357
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book An Annual Publication of Historical Papers written by Trinity College Historical Society and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An Annual Publication of Historical Papers: Legal and Biographical Studies About this time he began to trade on tobacco, and con useted himself with one Powell, a manufacturer. He worked as collector and agent for Powell, spending the greater portion of his time in Yorkville, S. C. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Biographical Studies

Author : Walter Bagehot
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330079607
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Biographical Studies written by Walter Bagehot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical Studies Lord Stanhope's Life of Mr. Pitt has both the excellences and the defects which we should expect from him, and neither of them are what we expect in a great historical writer of the present age. Even simple readers are becoming aware that historical investigations, which used to be a sombre and respectable calling, is now an audacious pursuit. Paradoxes are very bold and very numerous. Many of the recognised "good people" in history have become bad, and all the very bad people have become rather good. We have palliations of Tiberius, eulogies on Henry VIII., devotional exercises to Cromwell, and fulsome adulation of Julius Cæsar and of the first Napoleon. The philosophy of history is more alarming still. One school sees in it but a gradual development of atheistic belief, another threatens to resolve it all into "the three simple agencies, starch, fibrin, and albumen". But in these exploits of audacious ingenuity and specious learning Lord Stanhope has taken no part. He is not anxious to be original. He travels, if possible, in the worn track of previous historians; he tells a plain tale in an easy plain way; he shrinks from wonderful novelties; with the cautious scepticism of true common sense, he is always glad to find that the conclusions at which he arrives coincide with those of former inquirers. His style is characteristic of his matter. He narrates with a gentle sense and languid accuracy, very different from the stimulating rhetoric and exciting brilliancy of his more renowned contemporaries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Biographical and Critical Studies (Classic Reprint)

Author : James Thomson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331765113
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book Biographical and Critical Studies (Classic Reprint) written by James Thomson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Biographical and Critical Studies The contents of the present volume consist chieﬂy of writings which have not hitherto been collected. The only articles included here which have previously appeared in book-form are the essays on The Poetry of William Blake and on Shelley. I have included these, not only because I think they show Thomson at his best as a critic, but also because I was anxious to bracket them and the article on Garth Wilkinson A Strange Book together. The three essays, though written at wide intervals of time, will be found to be linked together, not only because they deal with the fundamental questions of poetical criticism, but because they unfold with a fair degree of complete ness the views of a true poet upon the methods and. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The Halls of New England

Author : David Brainerd Hall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 832 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Halls of New England written by David Brainerd Hall and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

J. M. Barrie and His Books

Author : John Alexander Hammerton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484715614
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book J. M. Barrie and His Books written by John Alexander Hammerton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from J. M. Barrie and His Books: Biographical and Critical Studies The purpose of this little book is perhaps sufficiently evident on the face of it; yet the author may be allowed to state brieﬂy what he has aimed at supply ing, in case it should be that he has not succeeded in the task which he set himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Some Historic Women, Or Biographical Studies of Women Who Have Made History (Classic Reprint)

Author : W. H. Davenport Adams
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267597352
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (973 download)

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Download or read book Some Historic Women, Or Biographical Studies of Women Who Have Made History (Classic Reprint) written by W. H. Davenport Adams and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-02 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Some Historic Women, or Biographical Studies of Women Who Have Made History Have wished to bring together, in the present volume, a group of Celebrated Women, who might fairly be considered representative of the higher qualities of Womanhood, - such qualities as patriotism, religious enthusiasm. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A Painter of Dreams, and Other Biographical Studies (Classic Reprint)

Author : Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina Pi Stirling
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267974054
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book A Painter of Dreams, and Other Biographical Studies (Classic Reprint) written by Anna Maria Diana Wilhelmina Pi Stirling and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Painter of Dreams, and Other Biographical Studies Certain material for A Dupe of Destiny has been supplied by a grandson of Madame Patterson Bonaparte; by a friend of her family (at the house of whose grandfather Jerome Bonaparte met his future bride, then Eliza beth Patterson, and whose relations were inti mately acquainted with her in later years, when a repudiated wife) from Dr Richard Caton of Liverpool, collateral descendant of Mrs Robert Patterson, nee Caton; and by Mrs Murray, nee Patterson, whose grandfather was a brother of William Patterson, the father of the above-mentioned Elizabeth, Madame Patterson Bonaparte. Much of the information in A Favourite of Destiny was given me by the aforesaid Dr Richard Caton, and by Mrs Brown Westhead, of Lea Castle, Worcestershire, collateral descendants of Richard Caton of Baltimore. The correspondence in A Painter of Realities was given me by my cousin, Philip Spencer Stan h0pe, great-nephew of Charles Spencer Stanhope, the early patron of Herring. The material for A Painter of Dreams, the life of my uncle Roddam Spencer Stanhope, has been furnished from papers in the possession of various members of my family. It will therefore be seen that, in each instance, the source whence my information has been de rived is unimpeachable, although at the same time one which was probably inaccessible to the general public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Historic Americans (Classic Reprint)

Author : Theodore Parker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781332805884
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (58 download)

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Download or read book Historic Americans (Classic Reprint) written by Theodore Parker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-06-27 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Historic Americans But no side views of this sort tempted him to swerve a hair's breadth from the sternest loyalty to the truth. He made the truth serve his purpose when he could; but it was not his way to manufacture truth to suit his purpose, nor was it his way to judge truth by its utility for his private or public ends. The truth he would have at any rate, whether it would serve him or no. It would serve itself, which was better.' He went always to ori gimal sources; but not content with that, he made effort to purge his own mental vision, in order that no discol oring or distorting feelings might make the truth seem to him other than it actually was. In all biographical studies his conscientiousness was a wonder. He laid on himself prodigious labor to satisfy it. Both hate and love were warned away from the canvas on which he was painting a character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Men of Might

Author : A. C. Benson
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260355416
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (554 download)

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Download or read book Men of Might written by A. C. Benson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Men of Might: Studies of Great Characters These biographies were compiled to read to small sets of boys, varying in age from fifteen to eighteen: it was found that many boys appreciated a certain literary precision, which could hardly be attained in discourses delivered extempore from notes; and the time at our disposal being necessarily somewhat short, it was found difiicult to secure harmony and preportion in bio graphical lectures, unless the limits were carefully laid down beforehand. But it is intended that the lectures should be assisted by oral explanation and questions from time to time and if a teacher were to see that any set of boys found interest in a particular biography, the sources from which it can be illustrated and supplemented are easily available. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Southern Writers, Vol. 1

Author : William Malone Baskervill
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780428990077
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Southern Writers, Vol. 1 written by William Malone Baskervill and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-13 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Southern Writers, Vol. 1: Biographical and Critical Studies This pioneer attempt to survey the en tire field of this unique post-bellum litera ture, to indicate its inherent unity, and to work out some of the details character istic of its production and of the product itself is, I trust, the not too ambitious aim of this series of papers which it is hoped may tend to secure in the nation at large a just estimate of the South's latest con tribution to the common storehouse of American literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary (Classic Reprint)

Author : William Allen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781330675540
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary (Classic Reprint) written by William Allen and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary The following work presents itself to the public with no claims to attention, but such as are founded upon the interest, which may be felt in the lives of Americans. Finding himself a few years ago in a literary retirement, with no important duties, which pressed immediately upon him, the author conceived the plan of this dictionary. He was desirous of bringing to the citizens of the United States more information, than was generally possessed, respecting the illustrious men of former times, the benefactors and ornaments of this country, who have passed away. He persuaded himself, that if he could collect the fragments of biography, which were buried in the mass of American history, or scattered amidst a multitude of tracts of various kinds, and could fashion these materials into a regular form, so as to place before the eye our great and good men, if not in their full dimensions, yet in their true shape, he should render an acceptable service to his countrymen. This work with no little labor he has now completed; and the inexperienced artist, in his first essay, can hope only, that his design will be commended. He wishes chiefly, that as the images of departed excellence are surveyed, the spirit, which animated them, may be caught by the beholder. As an apology however for the deficiences and errors of various kinds, which may be found in the work, a full exposition of his plan, and some representation of the difficulty of executing it seem to be necessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.