The home book of the picturesque, or, American scenery, art, and literature : comprising a series of essays by Washington Irving, W.C. Bryant, Fenimore Cooper, Miss Cooper, N.P. Willis, Bayard Taylor, H.T. Tuckerman, E.L. Magoon, Dr. Bethune, A.B. Street, Miss Field, etc., with thirteen engravings on steel, from pictures by eminent artists, engraved expressly for this work (1852)
New York : G.P. Putnam · leaf 171
ood, bold activity and a meditative disposition, the hazardous enter-prises and narrow escapes recorded of him, and the resolute tact hedisplayed in all emergencies, are materials quite adequate to a thrillingnarrative; hut when we add to the external phases of interest, thatabsolute passion for… … WEST ROCK, NEW HAVEN. BY MARY E. FIELD. Conspicuous among the lovely places of New England is the elm-shaded city of New Haven. It is a city by vii-tue of its populationand municipal regulations; but its rui-al appearance,—neat, unpre-tending homes, with theii* pleasant court-yards and tasteful…
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