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I have said it, and heard it many times, and occasionally met with something like it in books, somewhere in Bulwer's novels, I think, and in one of the works of Mr. Olmsted, I know. Of course the particular odors which act upon each person's susceptibilities differ. O, yes! I will tell you some of mine. The smell of PHOSPHORUS is one of them.
Two lines of attack were rapidly rendering impossible the continuance of slavery in the United States. Mrs. Stowe gave effective expression to the moral, religious, and humanitarian sentiment against slavery. In the year in which her work was published, Frederick Law Olmsted began his extended journeys throughout the South. He represents the impartial scientific observer.
A Journey in the Back-Country. By FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED. Author of "A Journey in the Seaboard Slave-States," "A Journey in Texas," "Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England," etc. New York: Mason Brothers. 1860. pp. xvi., 492. Mr. Olmsted is no ordinary traveller for amusement or adventure.
OLMSTED, FREDERICK LAW. A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, with Remarks on their Economy. A Journey in the Back Country. Journeys and Explorations in the Cotton Kingdom. He recorded a few important facts about the education of the Negroes immediately before the Civil War. PARSONS, E.G. Inside View of Slavery, or a Tour among the Planters.
There is no evidence that Hinton Rowan Helper, the author of "The Impending Crisis," had any knowledge of the writings of Olmsted; but he was familiar with Northern anti-slavery literature.
We do not propose to enter into any description of the Central Park. Those who have not already visited it will find a description, accompanying a study for the plan submitted for competition in 1858, by Messrs. Olmsted and Vaux, and published among the Documents of the New York Senate, which will satisfy their utmost expectations.
I have said it and heard it many times, and occasionally met with something like it in books, somewhere in Bulwer's novels, I think, and in one of the works of Mr. Olmsted, I know. Memory, imagination, old sentiments and associations, are more readily reached through the sense of SMELL than by almost any other channel.
"I saw one or two leaving the field soon after one o'clock, several about two; and between three and four I met a dozen men and women coming home to their cabins, having finished their day's work." As to punishment, Olmsted asked how often it was necessary.
At the home of another Virginian, Olmsted wrote: "During three hours or more in which I was in company with the proprietor I do not think there were ten consecutive minutes uninterrupted by some of the slaves requiring his personal direction or assistance. He was even obliged three times to leave the dinner table.
Most of the material for this work, however, was collected from the various sources mentioned below. Brissot de Warville, J. P. New Travels in the United States of America: including the Commerce of America with Europe, particularly with Great Britain and France. Two volumes. Buckingham, J.S. America, Historical, Statistical, and Descriptive. Two volumes. Three volumes. Olmsted, Frederick Law.
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