The Land of the Disinterested Washington

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Excerpt from The Land of the Disinterested Washington: A Monograph When the Warren Street Chapel was in its prime and I was entrusted with its oversight and interests, happening to be in New York and hearing that Madam Preiffer was about to visit our city, I called upon her early the last morning of my visit, and tendered her my services during her sojourn in Boston. She followed me soon and accepted my offer as promptly and frankly as it was made. I was with her daily during her stay, carrying her everywhere that she cared to go and introducing her to every one of my friends who, I felt, cared to see her. Our brother, Starr King, was one of these. To my question, in his hearing, "What have been the best things you have seen in your wanderings around the world?" she replied, "Chimborazo, for a mountain, Niagara, for a cataract, and the dresses of the people of the central cities of Asia, for the last." "Ah, " cried King, familiar with the noble colored print, which we owe to Humboldt and Bonpland, of Chimborazo, lifting its snowy brow and marble dome above the tawny plains beneath the deep blue sky of South America, "I mean to see that mountain yet!" and, when afterwards, California became his home, he would doubtless have slipped down the coast and admired Chimborazo with all our great Austrian sister's zest. "Perhaps, " added she, at our interview, "what I placed last, should stand first in my list. 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.