OF

AMERICAN CHARACTER.

BY MRS. SARAH J. HALE,
AUTHOR OF NORTHWOOD, &c.

"The genius of my country shall arise,
A cedar towering o'er the wilderness

Wafting its native incense through the skies."

FOURTH EDITION.

Byron.

BOSTON:

RUSSELL, ODIORNE & Co.

1833.

DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, to wit:

DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE.

BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the twenty-ninth day of May, A D. 1829, in the fifty-third year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Putnam and Hunt, of the said District, have deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

"Sketches of American Character, by MRS. DARAH J HALE, Author of Northwood, &c.

'The genius of my country shall arise,

A cedar towering o'er the wilderness

Wafting its native incense through the skies.'-Byron.”

In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned:" and also to an act, entitled, "An act, supplementary to an act, entitled, An act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned; and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and etching historical and other prints."

JOHN W. DAVIS,

Clerk of the District of Massachusetts