This book provides a detailed history of the Society of Jesus, also known as the Jesuits, in North America. It covers the period from the arrival of the first Jesuit missionaries in the sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century. A valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of religion in North America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

"The author has shown his usual logical acuteness and methodical arrangement. The whole work must be regarded as a valuable contribution to the important division of chemical knowledge of which it treats; and it will doubtless form an indispensable treatise to the physiologist and whoever wishes to form clear notions on the chemical principles and chemical phenomena of animal bodies." So wrote a reviewer of the present work in the 1844 volume of the "Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal". Thomson was a well-known and highly respected Scottish practical chemist, largely self-taught, who produced a number of equally significant books on chemistry.