Picturesque Pocket Companion

Author : Mount Auburn Cemetery
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ISBN 13 : 9781332178223
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book The Picturesque Pocket Companion, and Visitor's Guide, Through Mount Auburn written by Mount Auburn Cemetery and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Picturesque Pocket Companion, and Visitor's Guide, Through Mount Auburn: Illustrated With Upwards of Sixty Engravings on Wood The celebrity attained by Mount Auburn, pronounced by European travellers the most beautiful Cemetery in existence, and which, perhaps, without assuming too much, may be called the Pere la Chaise of America, - the extraordinary natural loveliness of the spot, - the admirable character of the establishment which is there maintained, the fact that this was the first conspicuous example of the kind in our country, - these, with many others we might mention, are considerations strongly in favor of putting on record a more accurate and complete history of its origin and progress than has yet been given to the public. Nor need we suppose that such an account will concern only the numerous class of individuals, chiefly belonging to our own vicinity, whose interest in this Cemetery is yet of the deepest and most delicate character, - that which kindred feel in the dust and monuments of kindred, and in the ground, whatever and wherever it may be, in whose bosom they expect their own remains may repose, when the great debt of nature shall be paid. 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."