Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Private Library of Samuel G. Drake, of Boston: Chiefly Relating to the Antiquities, History, and Biography of America, and in an Especial Manner to the Indians, Collected and Used by Him in Preparing His Works Upon the Aborigines of America The American Spectator, or Matrimonial Preceptor. Adapted to the State of Society in the American Republic. 121110. Boston, 1797. The American Bee; a Collection of entertaining Histories. 12mo. Leominster, (mass) 1797. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.