ENGRAVED BY T.B. WELCH, (PHILA) FROM A DAGUERROTYPE BY M.A. & S. ROOT.
G. Garibaldi
The following pages are principally written by the pen of thehero of our age, that pure-hearted man—that devoted patriot,and noble, generous, and disinterested philanthropist—thatspirited, undaunted, and indomitable warrior, whose splendiddeeds have dazzled the world, and whose career, according tohis own recent declaration, will be brought to its close by afinal triumph, for which he is now preparing, to be gained earlyin the present year.
While General Garibaldi resided in New York and its vicinity,in the years 1850 and '51, the author of this book enjoyedhis acquaintance, and the favor of receiving from him his privatememoirs, with permission to translate and publish them.[1]They had just been prepared for the press, when Garibaldirequested that they might be withholden from the public whilehe remained in this country, probab