Opis: Master William Mitten - Longstreet Augustus Baldwin

Excerpt from Master William Mitten: Or a Youth of Brilliant Talent, Who Was Ruined by Bad Luck

In 1849, I resided for a few months in Jackson, Louisiana. During my. sojourn in that place, two meritorious young men, who bad established a Press in the village, earnestly solicited me to write for it. I agreed to do so; and as a College and a number of admirable schools graced the village, I framed the story of Master Mitten, to induce the youth of the place, to improve the opportunities which these institutions afforded them of becoming useful and distinguished men. Master Mitten an his mother, are both imaginary characters; but who that has had much to do with the instruction of youth, has not seen both, at least in their leading traits

I laid the scone of the story in Georgia, and took the liberty of introducing into it, the names of several of my Georgian friends, giving a very slight touch of their characters in the conduct and language which I ascribe to them. This I did, to increase the interest of the story to them at least, should it ever reach the. State of Georgia.1 deem it proper to mention these things, for the story having been broken off at the fifth chapter, by my departure from Louisiana, when it was resumed in Georgia, for the Field & Fire-side. Many finding there names in it, with some of the characteristics of those who bore them, supposed it to be a veritable history, Which it is not. Master Mitten is introduced to Doctor Waddtel's celebrated School, in Wilmington, Abbeville District, South Carolina, just as it was, from 1806 to 1809, inclusive. Sprague

has given us a brief sketch of the Doctor's biography, in which his merits as a Teacher and a Divine are gravely portrayed. Mitten shows the reader the man at the head of his school in its pa'miest days.

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Szczegóły: Master William Mitten - Longstreet Augustus Baldwin

Nazwa: Master William Mitten Or a Youth of Brilliant Talent, Who Was Ruined by Bad Luck (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Longstreet Augustus Baldwin
Wydawnictwo: Inwestycje
Kod paskowy: 9781331562856
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 246
Format: 15.2x22.9cm

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