Excerpt from The Linwoods; Or Sixty Years Since in America, Vol. 1 of 2: By the Author of Hope Leslie, Redwood, &C For the rest, the author of these volumes is most happy in trusting to the indulgent disposi tion which our American public constantly mani fest towards native literature. 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.