The adventures of Captain Bonneville . rawn from my ownobservation, during an excursion into the Indiancountry bejond the bounds of civilization ; as Ibefore observed, however, the work is substan-tially the narrative of the worthy captain, andmany of its most graphic passages are but littlevaried from his, own language. I shall conclude this notice by a dedicationwhich he had made of his manuscript to his hos-pitable brother in arms, in whose quarters I foundhim occupied in his literary labors ; it is a ded-ication which, I believe, possesses the qualities,not always found in complimentary do
The adventures of Captain Bonneville . rawn from my ownobservation, during an excursion into the Indiancountry bejond the bounds of civilization ; as Ibefore observed, however, the work is substan-tially the narrative of the worthy captain, andmany of its most graphic passages are but littlevaried from his, own language. I shall conclude this notice by a dedicationwhich he had made of his manuscript to his hos-pitable brother in arms, in whose quarters I foundhim occupied in his literary labors ; it is a ded-ication which, I believe, possesses the qualities,not always found in complimentary documents ofthe kind, of being sincere, and being merited. TO JAMES HARVEY HOOK, MAJOR, 0. S. A. WHOSE JEALOUSY OF ITS HONOR, WHOSE ANXIETY FOB ITS INTERESTS, AND WHOSE SENSIBILITY FOB ITS WANTS, HAVE ENDEARED HIM TO THE SERVICE AS AND WHOSE GENERAL AMENITY, CONSTANT CHEERFULNESS, DISINTERESTED HOSPITALITY, AND UNWEARIED BENEVOLENCE, ENTITLE HIM TO THE STILL LOFTIER TITLE OF THE FRIEND OF MAN, THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED,ETC. New-York,
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