During the summer of 1872, Grant served Sandford Fleming as secretary on an exploratory journey from the Great Lakes to the Pacific Ocean in search of a route for a transcontinental railway.
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This book includes a valuable and extensive bibliography with historical introduction on pages 3-44. It is a detailed study of the physiology of skeletal muscle.
Many people, however, questioned the basis of truth of the novel. In response, Ms. Stowe gathered her research materials and published them in this now rare book.
"In this volume are reproduced 132 of the 199 pages which form the magnificent album [prepared for the Paris Exposition, 1900] now on exhibition at the Laurentian Library in Florence."--Editor's note.