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Excerpt from The History of Connecticut: From the First Settlement to the Present TimeNothing appears more evident at the present day, than that the principles which governed the founders of new-england were sound in them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-a...

Excerpt from Summer Tours: Or, Notes of a Traveler Through Some of the Middle and Northern StatesThe Sea-shore - Long Branch - Bathing - Scenery - Shipwrecks - Forms of Danger and Modes of Escape 37.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digita...

Excerpt from The Northern Traveller, and Northern Tour: With the Routes to the Springs, Niagara, and Quebec, and the Coal Mines of Pennsylvania, Also, the Tour of New-EnglandTherapidsalew maynowbecalculatedon, in connexion with er circumstances, have bled the publishers, thi8 seasomtoo¿'erthework at a greatly reduced price, while been made to its embellishmenm.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and class...

Excerpt from The Northern Traveller: Containing the Routes to the Springs, Niagara, Quebec, and the Coal Mines, With the Tour of New-England, and a Brief Guide to the Virginia Springs, and Southern and Western RoutesIn preparing the Third Edition of the Northern Tm seller for the Press, exertions have been made to render it as useful as possible to those for whose hands it is de signed. The original plan has been adhered to, of ih troducing al...

Excerpt from An Address Delivered Before the Association of Alumni of Yale CollegeThe excellence of the English university system rests not then on its furnishing a thorough scientific education, this is neither its avowed nor its real design. It fits the sons of the aristocracy and hundreds also from other classes, annually, for an entrance upon active life in Eng land, each to take the sphere which is then assigned to him, or to force his wa...

Excerpt from The Father's Book: Or Suggestions for the Government and Instruction of Young Children, on Principles Appropriate to a Christian CountryIT is the object of this volume to suggest to the father of a family, principles and methods for the instruction of children, in intellectual, moral and religious truths, and for training them.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more a...

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Excerpt from Characteristics of New England Theology: A Discourse Delivered at the First Public Anniversary of the Congregational Board of Publication, at the Tremont Temple BostonAllusion has been just made to the primary design of the founders of this Society. That this may be fully understood, it Will be proper for me to quote the second article of its Constitution. It is the object of this Society to procure and circu late such tracts and ...

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1845, Vol. 1: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood Engravings, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Moral and Religious PrinciplesT ere are some wonderful things about feathers, which ought to be explained to those who have never been told the cause. The fibres of most feathers stick together, and so make the whole look smooth and connected, as if made of one piece....

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1847, Vol. 3: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood Engravings, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and Moral and Religious PrinciplesMany of our readers have heard of the Society formed at Cincinnati, Ohio, for the purpose of supplying schools for chil dren now uninstructed, and providing female teachers for the primary schools, wherever they are needed, beginning in th...

Excerpt from Christian PamphletsWell, I obey. With such eyes as God has given me, I take my stand on Mount Carmel. There is doubtless more to be seen than I can see but what I see, or think I see, I will tell I must report to you the result of several observations, and possibly som of these reports may be contradictory, but so also may be the signs of the times. Contrary omens may possibly appear in the same field of vision.About the Publisher...

Excerpt from Christian PamphletsWell, I obey. With such eyes as God has given me, I take my stand on Mount Carmel. There is doubtless more to be seen than I can see but what I see, or think I see, I will tell I must report to you the result of several observations, and possibly som of these reports may be contradictory, but so also may be the signs of the times. Contrary omens may possibly appear in the same field of vision.About the Publisher...

Excerpt from The Northern Traveller, and Northern Tour: With the Routes to the Springs, Niagara, Quebec, the Tour of New-England, and the Routes From the SouthThe present fifth edition of the Northern Travel ler has been revised with care, and in many parts written over entirely anew. Abridgments have been made as far as was considered consistent with usefulness, and thus space has been found for the introduction of much matter not found in fo...

Excerpt from The Northern Traveller: Containing the Routes to Niagara, Quebec, and the Springs, With Descriptions of the Principal Scenes, and Useful Hints to StrangersThe finest natural scenes on and near the routes will be designated and described and the places Which have been rendered memorable by important historical events, will be dwelt upon With sufficient minuteness to engage the feelings, though with such brevity as not to be pro lix...

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1847, Vol. 3: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood EngravingsOur readers know that in some parts of the ocean there are enormous sea ani mals called Sepia, which are a kind of polypi. They have very long legs, and are said sometimes to seize upon the co ral divers along the coast of Italy. Mr. Beale tells us the following adventure with a creature of this sort.About the P...

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1846, Vol. 2: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood Engravings, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Moral and Religious PrinciplesGod. And all are without excuse who say there is no God, yet the human race have generally chosen not to re'ais God in their knowledge, and have been given over to a reprobate mind, changing the-truth of God into 'a lie, and worshipping a...

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine, and Family Newspaper, 1846, Vol. 2: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood Engravings, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Moral and Religious PrinciplesGod. And all are without excuse who say there is no God, yet the human race have generally chosen not to re'ais God in their knowledge, and have been given over to a reprobate mind, changing the-truth of God into 'a lie, and worshipping a...

Excerpt from Dwight's American Magazine and Family Newspaper, 1845, Vol. 1: With Numerous Illustrative and Ornamental Wood Engravings, for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, and Moral and Religious PrinciplesPresent arms! Bring up our piece with a quick motion, scow and ook fierce, to frighten the enemy. Take aim! Bring up the piece, look along the barrel, and give a yell. (poussez des cris.)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundred...