Beauties and achievements of the blind

Contents

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fntroduction, . . 9

Memoirs of Eminent blind Authors, ... 15 Homer, . _ yj

Section I. Progress in the Sciences, . . . 217

" II. Divines, Lawyers and Physicians, . 234

Achievements of the Blind in the Industrial Pursuits:

Section I. Mechanics, .... 249

" II. Miscellaneous Occupations, . . . 261

Achievements of the Blind in Poetry and Music :

Section I. Some explanation of the method by which the Born Blind gain a knowledge of the extension, magnitude and appearance of distant objects, . . 280 6ection II. Blind Musicians, ... 299

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Autobiographical sketch of Lemuel Rockwell, . . "'0 Collected Poems, by L. V. Hall, and other blind Authors:

Reminiscences of Uncle Toby, . . . 328

Teresa, or the Peasant Mother, . . . 337

View of the Mind released from Matter, . . 389

Thoughts on Creation, .... 840

Love's Chain, ..... 342

Twilight Shadows, . . . . .343

Reflections in Youth, .... 350

The Voyage of Life— A Song, . 351

Lines written on the first of April, . . 352

The Harper, . . . , . S55

The Dying Sister, 359

The Forest Tree, ..... 360

The Voice of the Sea, .... 3.62

Thoughts on Niagara, ..... 363

The Voice of the Falling Leaves, . . . 365

Blacklock's Picture of himself, . . . 361

Epitaph on a favorite Lap-dog, . . . 369

The God of the World, . . . , 37 1

The Eclipse, ...... 373

Farewell to the Flowers, .... 375

The Last of the Jagellons, . . , 377

The Spectre of the Hearth, .... 3B0

The Lonely Mother, .... 381

The Friend of our Darker Days, . . , 3.33

We are growing Old, .... 384

Songs of our Land, .... 386

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