Farnell's Folly. [a Novel.]

Publisher Marketing: Title: Farnell's Folly. [A novel.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Trowbridge, John Townsend; 1884. 2 vol.; 8 . 12619.r.2. Contributor Bio:  Trowbridge, John Townsend John Townsend Trowbridge (1827-1916) was born in a log cabin his father constructed through the use of wooden pegs. After teaching and working on a farm for one year in Illinois, he settled in New York City where he wrote for journals and magazines. He moved to Boston in August of 1848, and in 1850, during the absence of Benjamin Perley Poore in Washington, D. C., edited Poore's paper, the Sentinel, but his editorial on the fugitive-slave law nearly destroyed the paper's popularity. His novels include Neighbor Jackwood, an antislavery novel; The Old Battle-Ground; Cudjo's Cave; The Three Scout; Lucy Arlyn; Neighbors' Wives; Coupon Bonds, and Other Stories; and Farnell's Folly. Trowbridge also wrote numerous works under the pseudonym of Paul Creyton. In Darius Green and his Flying Machine, Trowbridge penned the following prophetic verse: "Darius was clearly of the opinion / That the air is also man's dominion / And that with paddle or fin or pinion, / We soon or late shall navigate / The azure as now we sail the sea." Since his death he has been well known as a friend of Mark Twain and Walt Whitman.