We maintain that it has, and that this tongue, which is not enumerated by Adelung, which possesses no grammar and barely a lexicon of its own, and which is not numbered among the polyglot achievements of Mezzofanti or Burritt, has yet a right to its place among the world's languages.

The influence of Elihu Burritt and his "bond of brotherhood" is indeed greatly needed on both sides of the Atlantic.

On our arrival, we are met by Charles Hosmer, Esq., (a cousin of Elihu Burritt,) an old and valued correspondent of mine, and of my predecessor Mr. Wray.

In passing, on our way to Boston, through Worcester in Massachusetts, I cast a hurried glance at every place that looked like a smithy, wondering whether it was there that Elihu Burritt had wielded his forge-hammer and scattered his "sparks from the anvil.

"How," exclaims Elihu Burritt, "she plied at morning, noon, and night, those fingers! wonderful fingers!

ELIHU BURRITT.

If that apostle Paul had neglected his reading and writing, that jailor would have never, perhaps, seen need to have cried out, 'what must I do to be saved,' or if Mr. Burritt had neglected his reading and writing very likely I should never have been able to read or write.

My young friends, when Mr. Burritt came to our house first, we had no Bible, but now we have two.

SEVENTH VOLUME OF BURRITT'S CHRISTIAN CITIZEN.

ELIHU BURRITT, Proprietor.

* BURRITT'S MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS, The Second Edition of this collection is just published, with additions and a PORTRAIT.

ELIHU BURRITT.

Benjamin Burritt, American prisoner.

Benjamin Burritt, American prisoner.

Did you not succeed in obtaining his release?" This refers to a certain Mr. Benjamin Burritt, an American prisoner of war.

Morse used every effort, through his friend Henry Thornton, to secure the release of Mr. Burritt.

The prisoner I allude to is a gentleman of the name of Burritt, a native of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut; his connections are of the highest respectability in that city, which is notorious for its adherence to Federal principles.

Mr. Burritt, after he left college, applied himself to study, so much so as to injure his health, and, by the advice of his physicians, he took to the sea as the only remedy left for him.

E.H. Burritt was first assistant, the writer was second assistant and commissary, and Samuel R. Bond was secretary.

Children stop to look at this scene, and Mr. Burritt thinks they may carry away lessons which will do them good.

If to Elihu Burritt belongs the title of "The Learned Blacksmith," not less to William Pratt is due that of "The Eloquent Wood-sawyer."

Title: A Walk from London to John O'Groat's Author: Elihu Burritt Release Date: April 11, 2004

BY ELIHU BURRITT.

ELIHU BURRITT.

BURRITT, ELIHU, a blacksmith, born in Connecticut; devoted to the study of languages, of which he knew many, both ancient and modern; best known as the unwearied Advocate of Peace all over America and a great part of Europe, on behalf of which he ruined his voice (1810-1879).