[44] Reproduced by permission of the Falmouth Board of Industry, Falmouth, Mass. [45] Reproduced by permission of the Falmouth Board of Industry, Falmouth, Mass. [46] Reproduced by permission of Simon Hart, Newport, R. I. [47] Reproduced, with permission, from Porter’s _Two Hundredth Birthday of Bishop George Berkeley_, published by Messrs. Charles Scribner’s Sons. [48] Reproduced by permission of The Century Co. [49] Reproduced by permission of Simon Hart, Newport, R. I. [50] Reproduced, with permission, from the _American Monthly Review of Reviews_, from the editor’s article on the _Renaissance of the Mediæval Pilgrimage_, published in October, 1893. [51] Reproduced by permission of Simon Hart, Newport, R. I. [52] Reproduced by permission of The Century Co. [53] Reproduced by permission of Simon Hart, Newport, R. I. [54] Reproduced by permission of Messrs. D. Appleton & Co. [55] Reproduced from _Trips by Trolley and A-wheel around Hartford_. [56] Reproduced, with permission, from Boutell’s _Life of Roger Sherman_, published by A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago, Ill. [57] Reproduced, with permission, from _Webster’s Dictionary_, published by G. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass. [58] De Tocqueville’s _Democracy in America_, chapter v. Mr. F. J. Lippitt, who assisted M. de Tocqueville in the preparation of this work, says that once when they “had been talking about town-meetings, de Tocqueville exclaimed with a kindling eye (usually quite expressionless), ‘Mais, c’est la commune!’”--_Cf. The Century Magazine_, September, 1898, p. 707. [59] Geo. Wm. Curtis, _Orations and Addresses_, vol. iii. [60] In 1810, less than 15 per cent. of the population of Rhode Island was found in towns of 8000 or more inhabitants; in 1890, nearly 80 per cent. In Massachusetts, in 1790, five per cent. were urban dwellers; in 1890, 70 per cent. In Connecticut, in 1830, 3 per cent. lived in cities; in 1890, more than 50 per cent. In 1840, 3 per cent. in New Hampshire lived in cities; in 1890, more than 25 per cent. In 1820, in Maine, 4 per cent. lived in cities; in 1890, 20 per cent. [61] _Cf._ Town Records of Brookline, 1897-98. [62] Chapter cii., Bryce’s _American Commonwealth_. For an interesting and significant account of the impression made by one of the Western Christian colleges upon a friendly and thoroughly trained French observer, see the translation of an article by Th. Bentzon (Madame Blanc) in the _Revue des Deux Mondes_, printed in _McClure’s Magazine_, May, 1895. [63] See Editor’s Preface p. v.