{"product_id":"9781116718591","title":"Devlin the Barber","description":"General Books publication date: 2009\u003cbr\u003eOriginal publication date: 1880\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Publisher: Ward and Downey Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.\u003cbr\u003eWhen you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt: CHAPTER I. ON THE BANKS OF THE MISSISSIPPI. The great geographer, £lisee Reclus, thus briefly describes the river Mississippi, once called the Mescha- cebes, or Father of Waters : -- \" The Mississippi presents perhaps the simplest type of a great river. It does not rise amidst the glaciers of a mountain-range, like the greater number of streams in Europe and Asia; unlike the Euphrates, the Nile, or the Rhine, it waters no countries that have been made famous by wars or great historical events. It belongs to itself alone, and owes nothing either to history or legend. . . . The river is a country in itself, living, acting, and constantly changing. Upon its tide men and ideas are borne onwards; and the deposit of sand and clay at its mouth is a symbol of the historical deposit left by successive generations of the races which have dwelt upon its banks.\" We must be allowed to add a word or two to this description. The Mississippi is at once the instrument and the obstacle of civilisation in the Southern States of America. One might call it a personification of those ancient Indian races who are always struggling againstthe inroads of progress, and who, after each defeat, attempt to shake off the yoke which the conqueror has imposed upon them. Such is the Mississippi: always conquered, yet unconquerable. There are no scenes more beautiful or more striking than those presented by the banks of the great river in the State of Louisiana. Everywhere there is exuberant growth of foliage; everywhere splendid luxuriance of vegetation. But a ceaseless combat between the ri...","brand":"Creative Media Partners, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48849556439280,"sku":"9781116718591","price":23.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781116718591_p0.jpg?v=1771955698","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781116718591","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}