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CAPTAIN GEORGE HAMILTON PERKINS, U.S.N.
By CAPTAIN GEORGE E. BELKNAP, U.S.N.
In passing up the Concord and Claremont Railroad from Concord, the observant traveler has doubtless noticed the substantial and comfortable-looking homestead with large and trim front yard, shaded by thickly planted and generous topped maples, on the right-hand side of the road after crossing the bridge that spans
"Contoocook's bright and brimming river,"
at the... more...
GROVER CLEVELAND.
By HENRY H. METCALF.
Save only that of Ulysses S. Grant, no name in America has come from comparative obscurity into national eminence in so short a time as that of GROVER CLEVELAND.
The fame of Grant was wrought out through the exigencies of a great civil war, in which the unity of the Republic was the issue involved. The distinction which Cleveland has achieved comes of valiant service in another field of conflict, wherein... more...
JOHN ALBION ANDREW.
THE "WAR-GOVERNOR" OF MASSACHUSETTS.
John Albion Andrew, the twenty-first Governor of Massachusetts, was born, May 31, 1818, at Windham, a small town near Portland, Maine. His father was Jonathan Andrew, who had established himself in Windham as a small trader; his mother was Nancy Green Pierce, of New Hampshire, who was a teacher in the celebrated academy at Fryeburg, where Daniel Webster was once employed in the same... more...
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Iris Persica. Persian Iris.
Class and Order.
Triandria Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Corolla 6-partita: Petalis alternis, reflexis. Stigmata petaliformia.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
IRIS Persica corolla imberbi, petalis interioribus brevissimis patentissimis. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. p. 79. Sp. Pl. p. 59.
IRIS bulbosa præcox minus odora Persica variegata. Moris. hist. 2. p. 357.
XIPHIUM Persicum. Miller Dict. ed. 6. 4to.... more...
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Monarda Fistulosa, var. Crimson Monarda
Class and Order.
Diandra Monogynia.
Generic Character.
Corolla inæqualis: labio superiore lineari filamenta involvente. Semina 4.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
MONARDA fistulosa capitulis terminalibus, caule obtusangulo. Linn. Syst. Vegetab. p. 68. ed. 14. Murr. Hort. Kew. v. 1. p. 36.
ORIGANUM fistulosum Canadense. Corn. Canad. 13. t. 14.
No145.
The Monarda fistulosa, a hardy... more...
THE LANDING AT JOUAN
The perfect calm of an early spring dawn lies over headland and sea—hardly a ripple stirs the blue cheek of the bay. The softness of departing night lies upon the bosom of the Mediterranean like the dew upon the heart of a flower.
A silent dawn.
Veils of transparent greys and purples and mauves still conceal the distant horizon. Breathless calm rests upon the water and that awed hush which at times descends upon... more...
TURKEY.
The decline of the Turkish Empire has furnished an eloquent theme for historians, who have ever made it the 'point and commendation of their tale.' Judging from its decline, they have predicted its fall. Half a century ago, the historian of the middle ages expected with an assurance that 'none can deem extravagant,' the approaching subversion of the Ottoman power. Although deprived of some of its richest possessions and defeated in many... more...
THE PROGRESS OF LIBERTY IN THE UNITED STATES.
There are three classes of persons in the loyal States of this Union who proclaim the present civil war unnecessary, and clamor for peace at any price: first, a multitude of people, so ignorant of the history of the country that they do not know what the conflict is about; secondly, a smaller class of better-informed citizens, who have no moral comprehension of the inevitable opposition of democracy... more...
THE CONSTITUTION AND SLAVERY.
There are two sections of the United States, the Free States and the Slave States, who hold views widely different upon the subject of Slavery and the true interpretation of the Constitution in relation to it. The Southern view, for the most part, is:
1. The Constitution recognizes slaves as strictly property, to her bought and sold as merchandise.
2. The Constitution recognizes all the territories as open to... more...
HENRY THOMAS BUCKLE.
The death of Henry Thomas Buckle, at this period of his career, is no ordinary calamity to the literary and philosophical world. Others have been cut short in the midst of a great work, but their books being narrative merely, may close at almost any period, and be complete; or others after them may take up the pen and conclude that which was so abruptly terminated. So it was with Macaulay; he was fascinating, and his... more...