You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
None
Excerpt from The Wicked John Goode In that most delightful of nursery clas sics, Alice in Wonderland, one of the characters gravely remarks Every thing's got a moral if only you can find it. I confess to an increasing desire, as the years advance, to find the moral of things. In the story of John Goode one can find several good morals, but the one that appeals most to me might be worded thus Take care of the boy and the man will take care of himself. 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.
A collection of John Goode's essays
None
Excerpt from Recollections of a Lifetime by John Goode of Virginia Having long since passed the limit of human existence allotted by the Psalmist, I propose to write my recollections of the times in which I have lived and of some of the more prominent men whom I have personally known. I am urged to this course by many valued friends whose judgment is entitled to the highest respect. It is not my purpose to write an autobiography, as I have not the vanity to suppose that the reading public would be particularly interested in my personal career. I shall therefore avoid as far as possible the use of the personal pronoun; but in making my bow to the public I have thought that it might not be ina...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
The region embraced in these studies lies between MD & TX. It comprises the faunas of the various watersheds of this part of the Atlantic & Gulf slopes. Frequent comparison with many of the drainages of the TN & MI valleys has been necessary; much of the material reported from those areas has been re-examined. The inception of this report, however, begins with the collections made by Francis Harper from 1930-1945. The lots of fishes he gathered during his southern trips have been studied. Extensive noteworthy collections were made by Joseph Galloway. These were supplemented by Fowler¿s own collecting trips & the staff of the Acad. of Nat. Sci. of Phila. in NC in 1940, & of the Southern Piedmont-Coastal Plain Aquatic Survey of 1941 & 1942. Illus.