The district school as it was : Scenery-showing and other writings / by Warren Burton.
| Author/creator | Burton, Warren |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Press of T.R. Marvin, 1852. |
| Description | 364 p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 20 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Gale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926 |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926 Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926. |
| Contents | The district school as it was -- A supplication to the people of the United States -- A traveler's story : for the perusal of parents -- The mountain town and the magnanimous boy -- The lighthouse of lighthouses -- The dark of autumn and the bright of winter in New England -- Scenery-showing : in word-paintings of the beautiful, the picturesque and the grand in nature -- The divine agency in nature -- The devout African -- Emulation, as a motive to study -- A prayer. |
| Local note | Miscellaneous; Travel; Arts and Literature. |
| Local note | 2008A014800. |
| General note | "The district school as it was," first pub. 1833; "Scenery-showing" was pub. 1844 with title "The Scenery-shower"; the other pieces with one exception are reprinted from periodicals. Cf. Pref. |
| General note | Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society. |
| General note | Sabin no. 9505. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2008. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. |
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