Human physiology, statical and dynamical, or, The conditions and course of the life of man / by John William Draper.

  • John William Draper
Date:
1856
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    From numerous Complimentary Letters received by the Author and Publishers, the following are se- lected as specimens of the opinions of men familiar with the subject, and well known to the Public. iFrom the Hon. Edward Everett.] Boston, 15th October, 1655. My Dear Sir, I have much pleasure in expressing my very favorable opinion of your Field Book of the Revolution. I have found it one of the most useful books of reference in my possession, for the period which is covered by it. I have never consulted it. without finding in it every thing which could reasonably be expected from such a work, and gen- erally much that is not to be found elsewhere. Besides collecting all that is contained in the best authorities, your laborious personal examination of th? interesting localities, and the tasteful and spirited pictorial illustrations intro- duced by you, have enabled you to give great distinctness to our knowledge of Revolutionary events and scenes. I remain, Dear Sir, very respectfully yours, CL-^^^'^^o^-c^'^y^-'^^ oZu^q-'-c^f'J' {Trom the President of the United States.'j Washington, January. 7, 1853. Dear Sir, A splendid copy of your Field-Book of the Revolution came to hand on the 15th inst. for which I beg leave to re- ttu-n vou iny sincere thanks. I have only found time to glance at its contents, and its rich and beautifuriUustrations, but I'can not doubt that when 1 shall have more leisure, 1 shall read the whole work with pleasure and profit. I consider that you have rendered a great service to the country by publishing so interesting and useful a work upot; that great event in our national history, and again I beg leave to repeat to you my thanks for the honor you hav« done me in presenting me this beautiful copy. Respectfully yours, t^^uZ^Ou^Z^ ,/i(U->^^ '^0 {From. Robert Chambers, Editor of Charnbers^s Edinbwgh Jowmal, Chamiers's Miscellany, etc., etc ] London, August, 27, 1653. 1 had the pleasure three evenings ago of receiving your letter of the 26th ult. accompanied by the copy of your Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, which you have done me the honor of sending by our common friend Mr. Wil- son. When I tell you that I have hardly done any thing since but read and pore over your book—read it for hours in mv bed and for hours sitting up—you will see some reason to believe that I arn not ungrateful for it. It is indeed a book entirely after my own heart: and large as it is. and occupied as I arn. I shall not be content till I have perused it all. The whole storj- of the American War for Independence engages my warmest sympathies for the patr otic par- ty, and to see so many personal and local traits of the conflict here gathered together, and illustrated so vividly, is a treat of the highest kind. It is but speakine the soberest truth to say, that you have performed, in the most success- ful manner, a task which your country will never cease to thank you for undertaking, while any sense of the serv- ices of the patriots of 1775^1783 remains. Respectfully and sincerely yours, ^Le/d'^'^iyi^ ^ iFrom Messrs. Jacob Abbott, Author of Young Christian Series, Abbott's Histories, etc., John S. C. Abbott, Author of Memoirs of Xapoleon, and Goeham D. Abbott, Principal of the Spingler Institute.'^ We consider Lossing's Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, an eminently desirable work for school Libraries throughout the Country, for the Ibllowing reasons : 1. The subject of it is the foundation of this Republic, a subject on which it is of the highest importance that the youth of this <'ountry- should be well informed 2. The work is written with great care, and is thoroughly reliable in aU its statements. 3. The plan and the design of the work are such that it contains a very large amount of instructive and entertain- ing details, which renders it verj' attractive in the hands of the young. 4 The maps, plans, and pictorial illustrations, which invests the work with so powerful a charm for youthful read- ers, are not mere embellishments intended to allure and amuse, but are made the means of conveying accurate antJ important geographical and historical knowledge. These illustrations, which have been obtained for the work at great expense of time and labor, adapt it, in an admirable manner, to instruct all readers, and young readers especi- ally, and to lead them to form clear, discriminating, and exact ideas of the facts connected with our early history. 5. The moral influence of the work is, in every respect, of the best and most unexceptional chEiracter.