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The Commercial Gazette, Cincinnati, says: "This volume contains considerable matter never before published, is full of fascinating reading, and is of inestimable historic value."
The Commercial Gazette, Cincinnati, says: "This volume contains considerable matter never before published, is full of fascinating reading, and is of inestimable historic value."
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John BrownAnd His Men
WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE ROADS THEY TRAVELEDTO REACH HARPER'S FERRY.
By COL. RICHARD J. HINTON,A Contemporary of John Brown.
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12mo, Cloth; 752 pp.; 22 Portraits. Price,$1.50. Post-free.
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In an Appendix are given the principal and more important documents prepared by John Brown, or relating directly to the enterprises against American slavery in which he was actively engaged; also a copious Index to the volume.
EXTRACTS FROM A COUPLE OF LETTERS.
Anacostia, D. C., Cedar Hill,Feb. 11, 1895.My Dear Colonel Hinton:Your History of the raid upon Harper's Ferry, by John Brown and his men, leaves nothing in that line to be desired.... You were in the center of the circle, and hence have had an inside view of the whole transaction. You have done for John Brown and his men, and for the truth of history, a magnificent service.Frederick Douglass.
Anacostia, D. C., Cedar Hill,Feb. 11, 1895.
My Dear Colonel Hinton:
Your History of the raid upon Harper's Ferry, by John Brown and his men, leaves nothing in that line to be desired.... You were in the center of the circle, and hence have had an inside view of the whole transaction. You have done for John Brown and his men, and for the truth of history, a magnificent service.
Frederick Douglass.
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Feb. 14, 1895.My Dear Colonel Hinton:Your work on 'John Brown and His Men' is most strongly and vividly done. In fact, wherever I open the book, I find it alive with the undying interest of the greatest hour of our history. Perhaps mankind must yet make another struggle; but so far Brown remains the hero of the supreme endeavor for freedom, and this is what you make your readers feel, without weakening any fact concerning him.William Dean Howells.
Feb. 14, 1895.
My Dear Colonel Hinton:
Your work on 'John Brown and His Men' is most strongly and vividly done. In fact, wherever I open the book, I find it alive with the undying interest of the greatest hour of our history. Perhaps mankind must yet make another struggle; but so far Brown remains the hero of the supreme endeavor for freedom, and this is what you make your readers feel, without weakening any fact concerning him.
William Dean Howells.
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Who Wrote the Hymns we Love so Well?
CONSULT
English Hymns;
THEIR
AUTHORS and HISTORY
By REV. SAMUEL W. DUFFIELD.
8vo, 675 pp., Cloth, Price, $3.00, Postpaid.
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It cites in alphabetical order the first lines of over1,500 hymns. Under each is given a brief biographical sketch of the author, circumstances attending its composition, and incidents in connection with its use. Exhaustive indexes to authors, to first lines, and to topics, are appended. To Leaders of Praise-meetings, Sunday-school Teachers, Parents, Pastors, and the general hymn-loving public, it will be found invaluable. The selection of hymns has been made with great care, and only well-authenticated incidents are given. American as well as English hymnology has been drawn upon. Honey has been gathered from the choicest flowers of the garden.
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"Should reach its hundred-thousandth edition."—Chicago Journal.
"Should reach its hundred-thousandth edition."—Chicago Journal.
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Ethics of Marriage
A Most Valuable Book
By H. S. Pomeroy, M.D. Prefatory note by Thos. Addis Emmet, M.S., LL.D., and introduction by Rev. J. T. Duryea, D.D., Boston. With an Appendix showing the laws of most of the States and Territories regarding certain forms of crime.
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"To the earnest man and woman everywhere, who has watched the reckless manner in which marriages are contracted, the wicked way in which responsibilities are shifted and ignored, and the slow and sure defilement of society because the criminal classes are allowed to propagate their vile species, while Christian households and moral parents ignore their duty to this and to the next world, this book is almost like a voice from Heaven. Should reach its hundred-thousandth edition."—Chicago Journal.
"It deserves to lie alongside the Bible in the foundation of each home."—Rev. O. P. Gifford, Boston.
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FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, Publishers,NEW YORK and LONDON
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A UNIQUE CYCLOPEDIA.
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Historical Lights;
Or, Six Thousand Historical Articles, illustrating Thirty Thousand Topics. Especially arranged for the Family Library, as also for Conversationalists, Lecturers, Public Speakers, Writers for the Press, Lawyers, Students, and all who have occasion to use illustrations drawn from History. Compiled byRev. Charles E. Little, author of "Biblical Lights and Side-lights."
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"These 'Lights' are a galaxy taken exclusively from standard Histories and Biographies. They consist of Facts, Incidents, Examples and Precedents, selected for illustrative purposes, and chiefly from the Civilized Races of Antiquity and the American and English people. The Subjects relate to Religious, Social, and Political Life, to Moral and Civil Government, etc. The historian's name is appended to every quotation.There are no fugitive anecdotes in the work."
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FOOTNOTES:[1]Printed here by kind permission of Messrs. W. F. Draper & Co., Andover Publishing House, Andover, Mass.[2]Printed here by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Wm. Blackwood & Sons.[3]By permission of the publishers, Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co.
[1]Printed here by kind permission of Messrs. W. F. Draper & Co., Andover Publishing House, Andover, Mass.
[1]Printed here by kind permission of Messrs. W. F. Draper & Co., Andover Publishing House, Andover, Mass.
[2]Printed here by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Wm. Blackwood & Sons.
[2]Printed here by permission of the publishers, Messrs. Wm. Blackwood & Sons.
[3]By permission of the publishers, Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co.
[3]By permission of the publishers, Messrs. Longmans, Green & Co.
Transcriber's note:Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.Missing page numbers are page numbers that were not shown in the original text.Page 116: The transcriber has supplied the missing closing bracket--"and Him crucified (when I was among the pupils of Gamaliel, all of whom despised my chosen theme)".
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed.
Missing page numbers are page numbers that were not shown in the original text.
Page 116: The transcriber has supplied the missing closing bracket--"and Him crucified (when I was among the pupils of Gamaliel, all of whom despised my chosen theme)".