MEN AND THINGS I HAVE SEEN IN EUROPE AND AMERICA.
BY S. G. GOODRICH,
The veritable “Peter Parley,” author of “The History of All Nations,” &c. &c.
In two volumes, 1105 pp. large 12mo., 25 Original Engravings, including an accurate Steel Portrait of the Author. Price, Black or Scarlet Cloth, $3 00; Scarlet Cloth, Gilt Edges, $4 00; Half Calf, Marble Edges, $5 00; Full Calf, Gilt Edges, $7 00.
This work embraces the prominent public events of the last half century, both at home and abroad; a complete Autobiography of the author—his early days, education, and literary career; and an amount of original curious, and valuable Personal Incident, Anecdote, and Description, seldom, if ever, met with in a single work. It is the Author’s Life-long Work; and nothing superior, if anything equal to it, in blended amusement and instruction, has ever been published. Mr. Goodrich is the author and editor of 170 Volumes, of which over seven millions of copies have been sold! and this, the great work of his life, embodies the condensed substance of his ample Literary and Practical Experience; the War with England in 1812–14, in which Mr. Goodrich was a private soldier; the Hartford Convention, whose operations took place under his immediate observation, and with most of the members of which he was personally acquainted. Embracing curious and interesting details respecting Old Jeffersonian Democracy, Old Federalism, and Connecticut Blue Lights; curious and marvellous events connected with the rise and progress of Religious Sects in the United States; with descriptions of the French Revolution of 1848, and Louis Napoleon’s Coup d Etat, both of which the author witnessed. Also, a full account of the “PETER PARLEY’S TALKS,” of which Four Millions have been sold.
In the course of the work will be found a Gallery of Pen and Ink Portraits of over Two Hundred Celebrated Persons—Presidents, Vice-Presidents, Kings, Queens, Emperors, Soldiers, Poets, Wits, Enthusiasts, Physicians, Preachers, Lawyers, Politicians, Diplomatists, &c.—all described from personal acquaintance or observation—among whom are the following:
George IV.
William IV.
Prince Albert,
Queen Victoria,