Nature and human nature, by the author of 'Sam Slick, the clockmaker'.

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Стр. 160 - I was bred and born on a farm, dear," sais I, " and on one, too, where nothin' was ever wasted, and no time ever lost ; where there was a place for everything, and everything was in its place.
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Стр. 4 - Bremer and Baroness Knorring, the prose and poetic writings of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland are here introduced to us in a manner at once singularly comprehensive and concise. It is no dry enumeration of names, but the very marrow and spirit of the various works displayed before us. We have old ballads and fairy tales, always fascinating ; we have scenes from plays, and selections from the poets, with most attractive biographies of great men. The songs and ballads are translated with exquisite...
Стр. 14 - In the picturesque delineation of character, and the felicitous portraiture of national features, no writer of the present day equals Judge Haliburton. ' The Americans at Home ' will not be less popular than any of his previous works." — Post. TRAITS OF AMERICAN HUMOUR. EDITED BY the Author of
Стр. 4 - SLICK." 2 vols. post 8vo. 21s. '' We conceive this work to be by far the most valuable and important Judge Haliburton has ever written. While teeming with interest, moral and historical, to the general reader, it equally constitutes a philosophical study for the politician and statesman. It will be found. to let in a flood of light upon the actual origin, formation, and...
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