Catalogue Of The Sawyer Free Library PDF Download

Excerpt from Catalogue of the Sawyer Free Library, Gloucester, Mass Subsequently a Lecture Committee reported that Rev. Hosea Hildreth had consented to deliver the Introductory. The Cor. Secretary was directed to invite Rev. Thomas Jones, Drs. Ebenezer Dale, William Person, and Henry Prentiss to prepare lectures for delivery before the Society. He was afterward authorized to invite such lecturers from other places as he should see fit. And the names of more of our own citizens in profession ai and other walks of life were added to the array of home talent. About three hundred persons assembled at the place and time ap pointed, and listened with delight to an Address by Rev. Hosea Hildreth, explanatory of the objects, views, resources, and general character of the Institution.' The Directors at their next meeting voted to solicit a copy for publication, but their request was modestly declined. In his notice of this lecture the editor of the Telegraph ventured to suggest to the ladies, remarking in parenthesis that great delicacy should be observed in matters of this kind, the propriety of sitting with their heads uncovered.' Expressing his pleasure that many of them had done so, and prudently stating that he had 'no objections to huge bonnets or capacious sleeves, ' he thought that were the ladies to dispense with the former on such occasions, it would much improve the general appearance of an audience, and could not but materially contribute to their own com fort and convenience.' 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.