MENTAL PLEASURES, OR, SELECT ESSAYS, CHARACTERS, ANECDOTES, AND POEMS; EXTRACTED CHIEFLY FROM FUGITIVE PUBLICATIONS, AND CALCULATED TO IMPROVE AND ENTERTAIN THE MIND. WITH OCCASIONAL NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. IN TWO VOLUMES OF 2; VOLUME 1
ISBN: 9781385875537
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own