The Life of John Pendleton Kennedy (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Life of John Pendleton Kennedy Novels; "Horse-Shoe Robinson;" Its Scope and Aim; Its Hero; Moral; Criticism; Its Success; Political Life; The Protective System; Clay; Elected to Congress; Social Privileges; "Defence of the Whigs;" Reports; Proposal of Webster; Complimentary Dinner; Aids Morse's Telegraphic Experiment; Again elected to the Maryland House of Delegates; Speech at Hagerstown; Political work and distaste therefor; Publication of "Rob of the Bowl;" "Annals of Quodlibet" and the "Life of Wirt;" Elected Provost of the University of Maryland; His Interest in the Young; Anecdotes; His Godson; Appointed Secretary of the Navy; Enters upon his duties; Naval Expeditions; Dr. Kane's search for Sir John Franklin; Ericsson's trial trip; Irving's Visit; Departure from Washington; Death of Mrs. Fillmore; Visit to Greenway Court; Journey to the Southwest; His Father-in-law; Life and Character of Edward Gray; Visit to Europe; Ill-health; Lameness; Cheerful endurance thereof; Literary projects; Notes for Essays; Miscellaneous Writings; Autograph Leaves; Occasional Addresses; Taste in Literature; Advice to a Young Author; Adieu to his Library; Social honors About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.