tailieunhanh - STORIES OF NEW JERSEY

This volume of stories, composed of historical incidents, or material connected with the history of New Jersey, is not intended to be a record, even in a condensed form, of the rise and progress of the State. The stories are arranged chronologically, but there has been no attempt to give a complete and continuous account of events or epochs. The material for the stories has been collected from many sources; and the selections have been made with regard to the interest, the instructiveness, and as far as possible the novelty, of the matter chosen. There has been a constant. | Stories of New Jersey BY FRANK R. STOCKTON NEW YORK CINCINNATI CHICAGO AMERICAN BOOK COMPANY 1896 Stories of New Jersey BY frank r. Stockton new york cincinnati chicago COPYRIGHT 1896 BY AMERICAN BOOK company. STO. OF N. J. W. P. I preface. This volume of stories composed of historical incidents or material connected with the history of New Jersey is not intended to be a record even in a condensed form of the rise and progress of the State. The stories are arranged chronologically but there has been no attempt to give a complete and continuous account of events or epochs. The material for the stories has been collected from many sources and the selections have been made with regard to the interest the instructiveness and as far as possible the novelty of the matter chosen. There has been a constant endeavor however to present a series of historical incidents in a panoramic form so that the reading of the stories in their regular succession would give an impressive idea of the discovery and settlement of the State of its people manners and customs and of its progress and achievements as it was gradually evolved from the Indian region of Scheyichbi into the State of New Jersey. In these stories there is nothing imaginative or fanciful except where a reference is made to the early imaginings and fancies of the aborigines. The stories are .