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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. 198 pages with notes, index and lists of ther students' series of english classics in rear of book. Preface, contents; The Spectator, sources of information concerning the spectator and its contributors; chronology of Addison, Eustace Budgell, and Steele's life in front. B & w engraving of Joseph Addison,( after the painting by Kneller) on frontispiece. Pages tight; clean; no markings; Preious owner name penciled in front inside cover. Blue-green linen like hard cover with black lettering on front and spine. Minor shelf wear. Slight rubbing on spine crease and cover edges.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. From The Students' Series of English Classics. Interior is VG; cover has fading/age marks. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. 1st Edition. First Edition. Ex-library. Tipped-in printed note in front: "With the compliments of the surviving brother." Original publisher's dark blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Top edge gilt. 7 1/4" x 10." 148 pages, complete. Ten black-and-white plates, complete. List of Illustrations in front. Pages are clean and intact overall but have cracked inner hinges, six blue "Minnesota State Library" stamps (on front and back endpapers, title, and Contents page), small occasional marks, and light age toning. Covers are clean and intact overall except for moderate wear and bumping to corners and head and tail of spine, a few small marks on back, light rubbing, and slight wear to extremities. A Good copy. An account about the Melvin Memorial, a family memorial commissioned by the sole surviving brother of the Melvin family, James C. Melvin. Included is a transcription of Samuel Melvin's diary kept from June 1861-September 15, 1864 with the last entry written just ten days before his passing. James dedicated the Melvin Memorial to his three brothers, Asa Heald Melvin (September 26, 1834-June 16, 1864), John Heald Melvin (July 27, 1841-October 13, 1863), and Samuel Melvin (April 9, 1844-September 25, 1864), each of whom lost their lives while on active duty during the American Civil War. (Asa was killed in the Battle of Petersburg, Virginia; John passed away in a military hospital at Fort Albany, Virginia; and Samuel succumbed to the tortuous environment of Andersonville Prison.) The Melvin Memorial was designed by artist Daniel Chester French, a friend of James. The monument features a marble platform and shaft with a female figure sculpted in relief named "Mourning Victory." The dedication ceremony was held on June 16, 1909, the anniversary of Asa's passing. In the ceremony, James honored the remaining members of Company K, 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery, the regiment his brothers belonged to. Transcriptions of the original addresses given at the ceremony are also printed herein. The speakers were J. Payson Bradley, James, Sidney Poore, Lucius A. Wilder (Samuel's friend at Andersonville), William H. Merrow, E. K. Jenkins, Frank E. Farnham, John W. Hart, S. C. Frost, Lewis G. Holt, S. B. Dearborn, Charles H. Shaw, Luther Wait, George S. Gibson, Joesph E. Wiley, and George H. Lewis. Three appendices in back. Appendix A lists the names of those in attendance for the dedication exercises. Appendix B gives a biographical sketch about the 1st Massachusetts Heavy Artillery. "Appendix C: The Mortality at Andersonville" includes statistics and two Confederate accounts about the prison. The first is by Lieutenant-Colonel D. T. Chandler who writes a scathing critique about the inhumane conditions at the prison. He recommends that the current overseer, J. H. Winder, be replaced with someone who "unites both energy and good judgment with some feeling of humanity and consideration," and calls the prison "a place the horrors of which it is difficult to describe, and . a disgrace to civilization." The other source is by J. Crews Pelot, Assistant Surgeon. Pelot writes an unflinching account about the extreme lack of sanitation and medical supplies to treat the injured and sick at Andersonville. Pelot writes, "I would respectfully call your attention to the above facts, in the hope that something may be done to alleviate the sufferings of the sick ." Andersonville Prison was established in February 1864 by the Confederate government as a POW camp. Over the 14-month span of Andersonville Prison's existence, about 45,000 Union prisoners-of-war were held captive there and about 13,000 of them died. In the infamous summer of 1864, it is estimated that 100 Union POWs died every day from disease, exposure, or malnutrition. The camp was beset by overcrowding, inadequate shelter, and a lack of sanitation, potable water, food, and medical supplies. Andersonville Prison was shut down after the Confederacy's defeat in April 1865.