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Our Neighbourhood; Or, Letters on Horticulture and Natural Phenomena, Interspersed With Opinions on Domestic and Moral Economy
Our Neighbourhood Or Letters on Horticulture and Natural Phenomena Interspersed With Opinions on Domestic and Moral Economy Author:Mary Griffith General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1831 Original Publisher: E. Bliss Subjects: Horticulture Gardening Science fiction Women United States Fiction / Science Fiction / General Gardening / General Gardening / Regional / General Gardening / Techniques Science / Life Sciences / Horticulture ... more » Social Science / Women's Studies Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When 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. Excerpt: OUR NEIGHBOURHOOD. LETTER I. My dear CouBin, We must submit, I suppose, to your remaining in the United States, but it is painful to be separated from you. James and Clara are quite unhappy about it, and I bear it still worse, as I have no one to supply your loss. What would have become of me during that year of despondency, if you had not devoted yourself to the cure of my sickly fancies ? The reasons you urge for my joining you are certainly very strong; and if you continue in the same mind that you now are, and will give me a full and very minute account of every thing that occurs to you -- either on your farm or in your neighbourhood; -- if you will be very particular in relating to me the sentiments and views of those with whom you daily associate, why, I will -- if the report please me -- bid adieu to England, and join you in the United States. I am really in earnest; but it is so difficult for me to bring my affairs to a close here, that unlessyou can make it appear to be a very desirable thing, I cannot go cheerfully to work. Have you a good neighbourhood? -- Have you any sensible, well informed, well educated people there ? -- Are they fond of investigating the phenomena of natural science ? -- On this I lay great stress. Do they understand the arts of horticulture ? -- or are they a set of people got to...« less