The Hemlock Tree and Its Legends
From the Preface.
It is the general custom when anything new is brought before the public in the shape of a book, to preface it with a few remarks explanatory of the origin and design of the work; sometimes an apology is offered, and often an humble petition for leniency. The author of the present little work does not wish to be altogether out of fashion, and therefore, more as an explanation than anything else, offers the following remarks to those who may wish to read them. Apology he makes none; his attempt is justified in the motive. His design was to save from destruction one of those vast monuments of antiquity which ligature has scattered so plentifully over the American continent, and which Sir Walter Scott, according to Washington Irving, declared were far superior to anything that art has or can produce. I speak of the gigantic trees that abound in the American forest. And as the first part of this work, that is, the petition of the Hemlock Tree, was published previous to that of Abbotsford, it was a gratification to find that two such as have just been mentioned, should, at least in this particular, agree in the same sentiment with himself.
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It is the general custom when anything new is brought before the public in the shape of a book, to preface it with a few remarks explanatory of the origin and design of the work; sometimes an apology is offered, and often an humble petition for leniency. The author of the present little work does not wish to be altogether out of fashion, and therefore, more as an explanation than anything else, offers the following remarks to those who may wish to read them. Apology he makes none; his attempt is justified in the motive. His design was to save from destruction one of those vast monuments of antiquity which ligature has scattered so plentifully over the American continent, and which Sir Walter Scott, according to Washington Irving, declared were far superior to anything that art has or can produce. I speak of the gigantic trees that abound in the American forest. And as the first part of this work, that is, the petition of the Hemlock Tree, was published previous to that of Abbotsford, it was a gratification to find that two such as have just been mentioned, should, at least in this particular, agree in the same sentiment with himself.
The Hemlock Tree and Its Legends
From the Preface.
It is the general custom when anything new is brought before the public in the shape of a book, to preface it with a few remarks explanatory of the origin and design of the work; sometimes an apology is offered, and often an humble petition for leniency. The author of the present little work does not wish to be altogether out of fashion, and therefore, more as an explanation than anything else, offers the following remarks to those who may wish to read them. Apology he makes none; his attempt is justified in the motive. His design was to save from destruction one of those vast monuments of antiquity which ligature has scattered so plentifully over the American continent, and which Sir Walter Scott, according to Washington Irving, declared were far superior to anything that art has or can produce. I speak of the gigantic trees that abound in the American forest. And as the first part of this work, that is, the petition of the Hemlock Tree, was published previous to that of Abbotsford, it was a gratification to find that two such as have just been mentioned, should, at least in this particular, agree in the same sentiment with himself.
It is the general custom when anything new is brought before the public in the shape of a book, to preface it with a few remarks explanatory of the origin and design of the work; sometimes an apology is offered, and often an humble petition for leniency. The author of the present little work does not wish to be altogether out of fashion, and therefore, more as an explanation than anything else, offers the following remarks to those who may wish to read them. Apology he makes none; his attempt is justified in the motive. His design was to save from destruction one of those vast monuments of antiquity which ligature has scattered so plentifully over the American continent, and which Sir Walter Scott, according to Washington Irving, declared were far superior to anything that art has or can produce. I speak of the gigantic trees that abound in the American forest. And as the first part of this work, that is, the petition of the Hemlock Tree, was published previous to that of Abbotsford, it was a gratification to find that two such as have just been mentioned, should, at least in this particular, agree in the same sentiment with himself.
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781663529282 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 07/08/2020 |
| Pages: | 116 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.28(d) |
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