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)
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t will one day be a matter of curiousinterest. Specimens of some, especially among our earlier ai-tists, arealready becoming rare. A ^^ermanent collection of pieces, from eachband, would be very instructive, and a bappy monument. It couldnow be made without great difficulty, and continued easily.… … 51 ® ^ K. ^^ 3 y ;^ 9\C^ ^J^^^S^ U