England and France, Or, the Contrast.

by Robert Walsh

England and France, or, The contrast.

Robert Walsh

Gale, Sabin Americana



Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.

Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.

Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.

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Huntington Library

SABCP04534700

CTRG03-B965

18100101

Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America

"Extracted from a work very lately published at Philadelphia, intitled 'A letter on the genius and dispositions of the French government, including a view of the taxation of the French Empire. By an American recently returned from Europe.'"--Cf. Pref. No ed. statement given by Sabin. Attributed to Robert Walsh but not listed under Walsh by Sabin. Printer's statement from verso, t.p.

47 p. ; l3 cm

50 pages, Paperback

First published February 23, 2012

About the author

Robert Walsh, Jr. (1784/1785? – February 7, 1859) was a publicist and diplomat. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Walsh was one of the first students to enter Georgetown College. He graduated in 1801 and began his law course. During a two-year tour of Europe, he contributed several articles on the institutions and laws of the United States to the Paris and London papers.

Returning to the United States in 1808, he was admitted to the bar. In 1811 he established at Philadelphia the American Review of History and Politics, the first American quarterly review. Thereafter, he devoted himself entirely to literature.

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