American Notes (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Combe, George) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
Produktbeschreibung
Excerpt from American Notes George Combe´s record of his visit to the United States, which occupied two years (1838-1840), filled three considerable octavo volumes; but naturally, if not necessarily, it contained many things that are of little interest now, though, at the time when he wrote them, they seemed valuable and important. The personal experiences of fifty years ago can have but little attraction for the men of the present day, especially in connection with a country and a people that have made such vast and rapid strides forward during the last two generations. The present volume, therefore, contains only extracts from the three volumes published by the author on his return. In making the selection now offered to the public, the editor has been guided by two considerations In the first place, he has chosen passages which seemed to him to bear upon what Combe regarded as the special mission of his life - the advancement of education, and the cultivation of social philosophy in accordance with his ideas. In the second place, he has preferred matters of permanent interest, resting on and involving principles of general application. Viewed in either light, and still more when viewed in both, these Notes are valuable as a record of the impressions which the Americans and the American institutions, social and political, made on a singularly acute and observant mind half a century ago. 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.
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