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had no idea they had so much (knowledge) back then,” said Crane. While he has no knowledge of Latin, he says the machines illustrated in the book involved turning cranks and wheels, as well as using both animal and human power.
Travels Around The U.S.
The second, a two-volume set, documents travels made by author John Melish to Britain, Europe and around the U.S. between 1806 and 1811.
Visiting the East coast in 1809, he stopped one night in Warrenton after crossing the Roanoke in a flat-bottomed boat.
Melish called Warrenton “a neat little town of 300 inhabitants,” including a large population of Europeans. The author also noted what he called “a respected academy” of some 60-70 students in the town.
Melish also ventured one of the earliest descriptions of an American character, which he wrote was “very indifferently understood and indeed very much misrepresented,” in England.
Americans held “no animosity toward the British people,” but still felt slighted by what they still saw as “a series of injuries” England wrought on its American colonies, he wrote.
And he noticed “a spirit of independence (that was) not confined to any one rank” among Americans, adding that “people (in the U.S.) will bend to no superiority.
“It is a stranger’s own fault,” he
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