from his affec, cousin,

Elmira Miske

SKETCHES

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."

Sixth Stereotype Edition.

Byron.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY HENRY PERKINS.

BOSTON:

BENJAMIN BRADLEY,

1838,