Have We a Portrait of Annual Address Before the American Geographical Society, January 9, 1893

Excerpt from Have We a Portrait of Annual Address Before the American Geographical Society, January 9, 1893 William Roscoe, the eminent author of the Life of Lorenzo de Medici, the "Magnificent," and of other valuable biographical works, expresses the opinion that there are no representations which interest so strongly the curiosity of mankind as portraits. That a high degree of pleasure, he says, of which almost every one is susceptible, is experienced in contemplating the looks and countenances of those men who, by their genius, or their virtues, have entitled themselves to the esteem and admiration of future ages. It appeared to me, therefore, as we have recently celebrated the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of this Continent by Columbus, that it would be appropriate at such a period to devote the annual address of the president of an American geographical society to the enquiry whether we have any portrait of the great discoverer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.