Books with author Daniel Wise

Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary thing about the past worth remembering, and that was the fact that it is past and can't be restored." Well, over recent years, The British Library, working with Microsoft has embarked on an ambitious programme to digitise its collection of 19th century books.There are now 65,000 titles available (that's an incredible 25 million pages) of material ranging from works by famous names such as Dickens, Trollope and Hardy as well as many forgotten literary gems , all of which can now be printed on demand and purchased right here on Amazon.Further information on The British Library and its digitisation programme can be found on The British Library website.

Title: Summer days on the Hudson: the story of a pleasure tour from Sandy Hook to the Saranac Lakes. ... Illustrated, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF TRAVEL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection contains personal narratives, travel guides and documentary accounts by Victorian travelers, male and female. Also included are pamphlets, travel guides, and personal narratives of trips to and around the Americas, the Indies, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<Source Library> British Library<Contributors> Wise, Daniel; <Original Pub Date> 1875.<Physical Description> 8º.<Shelfmark> 10410.bb.1.

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Excerpt from Boy Travelers in Arabia; Or, From Boston to Bagdad: Including Pictures, Sketches, and Anecdotes of the Wandering Arabs, and of the City "of Good Haroun Alraschid;"Boston to Bagdad. The reader is made to behold aétwal scenes and to comprehend real incidents by means Of the lips and eyes of imaginary per sonages. By this simple invention the writer is vain enough to think that he imparts consider able valuable information in a form adapted to secure the attention and awaken the interest Of youthful readers, to whom it might not be at tractive in a more sober and didactic dress. He has aimed to blend entertainment with instruc tion. Daniel wise.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

Daniel Wise was a Methodist Episcopal clerical author, born in Portsmouth, England. He entered the United States in 1833, and became a pastor. He worked as an editor of Zion's Herald (1852–56), and corresponding secretary of the Sunday School Union and Tract Society of his church (1856–72). Part of his duty as secretary was to edit all the publications of the society. From 1872, he was occupied in literary work. He published more than 40 books.