#continuous interest

Sketches of Western North Carolina, Historical and Biographical "Excerpt from the book..."History has been defined, "Philosophy teaching by example." There isno branch of literature in a republic like ours, that can becultivated with more advantage to the general reader than history.From the infinite variety of aspects in which it presents the dealingsof Providence in the affairs of nations, and from the immense numberof characters and incidents which it brings into view, it becomes asource of continuous interest and enjoyment.