LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS EDWARD EVERETT HALE. Frontispiece From a recent photograph by C. M. Bell, Washington. From a mezzotint by Wagstaff, after the painting by Sir DANIEL WEBSTER 12 From an engraving by H. Wright Smith, after the painting by J. Ames. 14 JOHN A. ANDREW, 1818-1867 . He was a prominent antislavery advocate, and a member of the Massachusetts legislature, but he is best known as the Republican governor of Massachusetts throughout the Civil War. He was one of the most active of the war governors." 66 A reproduction of an old engraving of the author's father. REV. SAMUEL LONGFELLOW From a photograph. HENRY WADSWORTH LONG FELLOW. 29 From a characteristic engraving of Longfellow in early life, at the time when he was most closely associated with the state of Maine. 31 JUDGE STEPHEN LONGFELLOW Father of Henry Wadsworth and Samuel Longfellow. From a painting. PAGE BOWDOIN COLLEGE IN ITS EARLY DAYS From an old print. THE FALLS OF SAULT ON THE CHAUDIÈRE. Characteristic scene on the route of the march of Arnold's detachment in 1775. From "Arnold's Expedition to Quebec," by John Codman, 2d, who followed, on foot or in canoes, for the greater part of the distance, the army's course through the Kennebec, Dead River, and Chaudière regions, and visited Quebec and its environs. JAMES BOWDOIN, 1752-1811 From a photograph of the painting by Gilbert Stuart, in the Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College. WILLIAM DEWITT Hyde, D.D. PROFESSOR ALPHEUS SPRING PACKARD, 1839 35 39 43 46 President of Bowdoin College since 1885. 49 From a photograph of the painting by F. P. Vinton, in the Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College. From the painting by Charles Willson Peale, 1790, in the old State House, Philadelphia. THE LONGFELLOW HOUSE IN PORTLAND HON. ELIHU B. WASHBURNE, 1816-1887 United States Minister to France, 1869-1877. He was the only foreign representative who remained in Paris through both the siege and the commune. He had previously been member of Congress from Illinois, 1853-1869. ARNOLD'S MARCH THROUGH THE WILDERNESS 63 A curious old copperplate engraving, illustrating the difficulties which Arnold's expedition encountered. From one of the very early American histories. MOUNT WASHINGTON, AND THE WHITE HILLS 65 From near Crawford's. Reproduced from an engraving made in 1836, about the time of Dr. Hale's first ascent. THE DIXVILLE NOTCH 68 PAGE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL RANGE Characteristic view of the mountain summits of this range. ELEAZAR WHEELOCK, 1711-1779 From a painting in the possession of Dartmouth College, of which he was the first president, 1770-1779. LORD DARTMOUTH From a painting in the possession of Dartmouth College. JOHN PAUL JONES From the original miniature in the United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Maryland. This exceedingly interesting miniature, by the Countess de Vendahl, confirms or is confirmed by the celebrated bust by Houdon, modelled in the same year, 1780. It was given by the noble painter to Jones, and from him inherited by his niece, Miss Janette Taylor of Dumfries, Scotland, who, in 1831, presented it to Lieutenant A. B. Pinkham, U.S.N., in acknowledgment of his generosity in rebuilding the cottage in which her uncle had been born. Lieutenant Pinkham deposited it in the United States Naval Lyceum at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and on the breaking up of the Lyceum it was transferred to Annapolis. THE BROAD ARROW. "The broad-headed arrow was a mark assumed at the time of the Edwards (when it was considered the most powerful weapon of attack), as distinguishing the property of the king; and this mark has been continued down to the present day. Every article supplied to his Majesty's service from the arsenals and dockyards is thickly studded with this mark, and to be found in possession of any property so marked is a capital offence, as it designates that property to be the King's own."- From "The King's Own," by Captain Marryat. DARTMOUTH College From an engraving printed in London in 1832. DR. WILLIAM JEWETT TUCKER President of Dartmouth College since 1893. PHILLIPS ACADEMY, EXETER, NEW HAMPSHIRE From a recent photograph. FIELD-MARSHAL CONWAY Henry Seymour Conway, 1721-1795, was an English soldier and Whig politician, the second son of the first Lord Conway, and cousin of Horace Walpole. He served with distinction in the British Army, and was a Member of Parliament, 17411784. It was he who moved the repeal of the Stamp Act in 1776, and he was a vigorous opponent of the policy of the British government toward the American colonies. This portrait is made from a copperplate engraving published in London in 1798. JOHN STARK, 1728-1822 From the excellent portrait painted some time after the Revolution by John Trumbull. This famous painter (1756– 1843) served in the Revolution, attaining the rank of colonel and deputy adjutant-general; studied in London under West and on the Continent, and settled as a portrait painter. in New York in 1804. In addition to his portraits he painted many famous historic scenes, including the four pictures in the Rotunda of the Capitol at Washington (“The Declaration of Independence," "The Surrender of Burgoyne," "The Surrender of Cornwallis," "The Resignation of Washington"). He was the son of Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut, q.v. THE GREEN MOUNTAINS From a recent photograph. A characteristic scene in one of the most picturesque, attractive, and enjoyable portions of New England. GENERAL WOLFE, 1727-1759 He com From his sixteenth year, James Wolfe was actively engaged in warfare, beginning with Dettingen in 1743. manded a division under Amherst at the siege and capture of Louisburg in 1758. He died in his hour of victory at Quebec. THE ASSAULT ON QUEBEC This "View of the Taking of Quebeck by the English Forces commanded by General Wolfe, September 13th, 1759" is reproduced from a rare and valuable copperplate engraving published in the London Magazine in 1760. It is eminently characteristic of very old prints; for instance, some of the soldiers in the attacking force are nearly as tall as the cliffs they are so valiantly scaling. This engraving, by Hollyer, is from a spirited statue of the hero of Ticonderoga. The attitude represents the moment when he summoned the surprised garrison to surrender, “In PAGE 91 97 100 101 104 the name of the Great Jehovah and the Continental Con- From a copperplate engraving of a drawing made about seventy years ago. SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN DEFEAT OF THE IROQUOIS AT LAKE CHAMPLAIN Of the numerous pictures portraying this historic incident, the present one has the special interest of being a facsimile of Champlain's engraving, in the 1613 edition of his "Voyages." Champlain himself occupies the centre of the picture. BRIGADIER-GENERAL SIMON FRASER This portrait of General Fraser, 1729-1777, who commanded the British forces at the battle of Hubbardton, is from a print by James Waison "in the collection of C. R. Hildeburn." RUINS OF FORT TICONDEROGA The old print from which this picture is made shows the ruins of Fort Ticonderoga as they existed just before the middle of the last century. Hardly a trace of these ruins exists at the present day save a dim outline of the location of the main walls of the fort. GENERAL STARK AT THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON From an old engraving by J. R. Chapin of the painting by J. Godfrey, published in New York shortly before the Civil War. MAJOR-GENERAL MACOMB Alexander Macomb, who was born at Detroit in 1782, defeated the British under Prevost at Plattsburgh in 1814; he was commander-in-chief of the army, 1828-1841. The illustration is from an engraving by J. B. Longacre of the painting by T. Sully. CAPTAIN THOMAS MCDONOUGH He defeated the British squadron under Downie on Lake Champlain, September 11, 1814, and was appointed captain in that year. His signature reads "Macdonough," and the name was so spelled in contemporary books-vide legend under illustration on page 136; but the accepted spelling nowadays is " McDonough." PAGE 106 112 115 118 120 123 127 129 |