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esting but most painful instruction ; " Dr. Sprague's 

 "Annals of the American Pulpit " ; Olmsted's " Books 

 of Travel in the South," " bold, impartial, and truth- 

 ful ; " Washington Irving's " Life of Washington," the 

 " crowning labor of the brilliant life of the author ; " 

 Professor Sedgwick's " Palaeozoic Rocks and Fossils 

 of Great Britain," " a splendid work ; it is to be re- 

 gretted that, being in part controversial and antago- 

 nistic to the views of Sir R. I. Murchison, it is tinged 

 with asperity and personality ; " Loftus on the "An- 

 tiquities of Babylonia ; " Coggeshall's " History of 

 American Privateers," in the last war with Great 

 Britain. " Heaven grant that these two Christian 

 nations may never come into conflict again!" In 

 another list, recorded in 1860, are found Livingstone 

 on " Southern Africa," and Barth on " Middle Af- 

 rica" ; Thomson's " The Land and the Book " ; At- 

 kinson's " Travels in Siberia " ; the " History of Elder 

 Brewster, the Chief of the Pilgrims " ; " Original 

 Memoirs relating to Columbus and his Discoveries ; " 

 " Proofs of the Treason of General Charles Lee " ; 

 the " Life of Perthes," the distinguished German 

 bookseller, and other works. These titles indicate 

 at once the extent and variety of his reading. 



Besides the employments above named, no small 

 portion of his later years was devoted to the compo- 

 sition of the Reminiscences of his own life, from 

 which we have drawn so largely in this work, and to 

 the assorting of his voluminous correspondence. In 

 addition to these labors, he wrote a copious account 

 of the character and services of his father, which he 

 regarded as a pious duty, and did not feel at rest 

 until he had fulfilled it. He desired the virtues of 



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