AMERICA A LECTURE BY WALTER PIERCE Delivered at the Young Men's Temperance Hall GENERAL FAIRCHILD UNITED STATES CONSUL IN THE CHAIR Liverpool EDWARD HOWELL CHURCH STREET London SIMPKIN MARSHALL & CO 1874 233. N venturing to give a Lecture upon America, a subject so full of interest, so vast, so grand, so endless in variety, instruction and improvement, I approach the task with some misgiving as to my ability to deal with the marvellous history of that great country. I purpose, however, in the limited time permitted me, to briefly |