Read more
Excerpt from Illustrated History of Lowell
To gather and embalm all that seemed most valuable in this heritage of memories and traditions, has been the object of the present work, which covers the whole period from the discovery of the Merrimack River by De Monts, in 1605, to the year of Grace 1868.
The first edition, or rather the original germ, of this work, was published in 1856. With the aid of a mass of materials laboriously gathered during the last twelve years, I may hope that the value of the work has been greatly increased. The narrative has been thoroughly revised, and very much enlarged.
Several engravers of established reputation were employed to execute illustrative cuts. Many of these are well done: butsome are so badly executed that, perhaps, an apology is due for their insertion in these pages; and others have been rejected altogether.
Materials were at hand for a much larger volume, or even for several volumes; but I have aimed to be concise, - considering Moses, who, in two lines, chronicled the creation of a world, (pace Colenso,) a much better model for the local annalist than he who filled several volumes with the burning of a Brunswick Theatre.
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.
