. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . to visit Mrs. Greene, the widow of GeneralGreene ; and during that visit the cotton-gin was invented. 11. Useful inventions in the United States? The cotton gin, by whom invented ?When ? Its result ? Sewing-machine, by whom invented ? Its result ? Cylinderprinting-press t 300 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 12. Printing, Newspapers, and Books.—The improve-ments made in this country in the means of spreading in-formation, have kept pace witli every other
. A junior class history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States .. . to visit Mrs. Greene, the widow of GeneralGreene ; and during that visit the cotton-gin was invented. 11. Useful inventions in the United States? The cotton gin, by whom invented ?When ? Its result ? Sewing-machine, by whom invented ? Its result ? Cylinderprinting-press t 300 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 12. Printing, Newspapers, and Books.—The improve-ments made in this country in the means of spreading in-formation, have kept pace witli every other kind of civilprogress. Tlie press, tliat mighty engine of civilization,has been ever busy—ever increasing its power to meet the demands of the people forknowledge. In 1S98 twentythousand periodicals wereissued in the United States,from every day to quarterly;and the number of. bookspul)lislied in the same timewus nearly five thousand. 13. Literature.—Ameri-can literature is rich inworks of genius. Thewritings of WashingtonIrving* are everywhere admired for their easy, natural,and beautiful style, their kindly influence, and playful. ELIAS HOWE, MX. * Washington Irving was born in New York city, in 17S3. He at first devoted him-self to legal studies, which he soon abandoned for the pursuits of literature. His firstwritings consisted of contributions to the ? Morning Chronicle, a journal edited by hisbrother, Peter Irving. Salmagundi appeared in 1807, a series of amusing articlespartly written by himself, James K. Paulding, and his brothers, Peter and production which first gave him a decided reputation was the famous History ofKew York, by Diedrich Knickerbocker, published in 1809. This is a work of inimi-table humor, and was read with the greatest delight on both sides of the Atlantic. SirWalter Scott was charmed with it. The Sketch Book was published in London,and greatly increased the authors reputation. It contains some of the most beautifuland touching pi
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