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Published: 2016-07-06

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 9781333036881

Excerpt from Homes of American Authors: Comprising Anecdotal, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches Valhalla into two compartments, and to avoid the appearance of partialit'y, and give equal value to both, some of the greater names have been reserw ed for our second volume, which it is intended; to publish the succeeding year. Although there are no Abbotsll'awls, which te' been will't'tl from the earnings of the pen, among our, authors' homes, yet we feel a degree of pride in shoal, ing our countrymen how comfortably housed many of their favorite authors are, in spite bf the. Imputed neglect with which native talent has been treated. Authmship in America, notwithstzmding the want of. An international copy-right which has been so sorely felt. By literary laborers, has at last become a pm feission which men may live by. I All the views in this volume have been engravetl from original drawings made expressly for the Work, (vith the exception of O'tsego Hall, the residence of Cooper, and Mr. \vebster's residence at lllarshliellfl. 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.