Two Years' Residence on the English Prairie of Illinois (The Lakeside Classics, Vol. 66)

xxxv, 242 pp. Navy cloth boards. CONTENTS: Historical Introduction; Editor's Note; Two Years' Residence on the English Prairie of Illinois; Extracts of a Journal Kept from April 29th to September 25th, 1819: Baltimore - From Baltimore to Wheeling - From Wheeling to Shawneetown - The Prairies - Reflections on the Journey; Life in Illinois: The State of Illinois - The English Prairie - Animals of Illinois - Vegetable Production of the Country - The Land and the People - Harmonie - The American Character - Advantages of Illinois - Elections - Towns of Illinois - The Land System - Comparisons; The Diary Resumed; Appendix; Index; List of The Lakeside Classics.