The Huguenot Bartholomew Dupuy and his descendants

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prove a basis in years to come of greater completeness
and perfection. As far as it goes, the volume
is quite reliable, having been founded upon well
authenticated statements and facts; the author
trying to avoid drawing on his imagination, which
in some instances might have been excusable, and
might have added interest to the volume, if not real
value.
The book is unique in its make-up. It is neither
strictly biography nor history. While partaking
of those kinds of literature, such a work from its
title must strike a mean betwixt the two. To
strictly develop either line to its usual limits would
make the work unreasonably voluminous and
bunglesome. The object has been to sketch the life
of an honorable ancestor as far as known, and to
preserve the lines of descent from him, and thereby
show that his posterity, instead of defaming his
name, have in the main and to a wonderful degree
appreciated and honored it from generation to generation.
To do this history and biography have
been concisely, but we hope sufficiently blended for
the purpose.
It has seemed specially necessary to the author
that such a book should contain, as an Introduction,
a brief account of the Rise and Progress of the
Huguenots in France to the time of the appearance
of Bartholomew Dupuy in history. This is neces-
sary as a beneficial effect upon his living descend-
ants, by way of enhancing their appreciation of the
causes which gave rise to the Huguenots, as well
as a due appreciation of their valor, character, and
sincere religious belief. Until one knows the foun-
dation upon which his family is built, it is not
likely that he will appreciate the fact of its having