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logues of 1844 and 1872 will show a like result. Hardly a school of any standing is now to be found that does not include the systematic study of English Literature in its ordinary curriculum. The study has come to he considered almost as necessary as that of Grammar and Geography, and fully as necessary as that of History. The study of Literature is in fact a part of the study of History.

The latest step in this onward movement is that which recognizes the propriety of giving a full and adequate treatment to the literature of our own country. The volume now in the hands of the reader furnishes ample proof, if any were needed, that American Literature is abundant in materials, and that it is growing with unexampled rapidity.

In preparing this work the author has been indebted, at every step, to those who have gone before him. No one can write intelligently on the subject, without a feeling of thankfulness for the labors of Dr. Allibone, Dr. Griswold, and the brothers Duyckinck. Besides these general sources of information, the author acknowledges with pleasure his obligations to " Southland Writers," by Mrs. Mary T. Tardy (" Ida Eaymond ") of Mobile, Ala., and to " Living Writers of the South," by Prof. James Wood Davidson of Washington.

The work, however, is not a mere compilation. It is not only original in its conception, form, and structure, but it has, in its materials also, to a much greater extent than is usual in such works, the character of originality. Fully one-third of the matter here presented has been gathered by the author himself and is an original contribution to the subject of which he has undertaken to treat.

J. S. H.

College of New Jerset, Princeton, August, 1872.

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PREFACE, 7

TO TEACHERS, 23

CHAPTER I. The Early Colonial Period

Introductory Remarks, . , . . . . . . . .25

TVhitaker's Good Newes, Sandys's Ovid, ....... 26

Vaughan's Golden Fleece, ......... 27

Morrell's Nova Anglia, Wood's New England's Prospect, .... 28

The First Printing Press, The Bay Psalm Book, . . . . . .29

Nathaniel Ward, " The Cobbler of Agawam," ...... 30

John Cotton, 31

Thomas Hooker, Samuel Stone, ........ 32

John Norton, Thomas Shepard, . . . . . . . .33

Governor Winthrop, Governor Bradford, Thomas litartin, .... 34

Nathaniel Martin, .......... 35

Governor Winslow, Roger Williams, ....... 36

President Chauncy, John Clark, John Davenport, . . . . . .37

John Eliot, The Indian Bible, ........ 38

Richard Mather, Daniel Gookin, Roger Clap, Edward Johnson, William Hubbard, . 39 Anne Bradstreet, .......... 40

Peter Folger, Michael Wigglesworth, . . . . . , . .41

Samuel Willard, Joshua Mather, ........ 42

Cotton Mather, 43

President Blair, Colonel William Byrd, . . . . . . .46

James Logan, Robert Beverly, ........ 48

Thomas Chalkley, ........... 49

John Woolman, Aquila Rose, ........ 50

Samuel Keimer, Cadwallader Golden, Thomas Prince, Samuel Mather, Solomon Stoddard, 51

Samuel Johnson, John Seccomb, Father Abbey's Will, ..... 52

President Clap, John Callender, James and Ebenezer Farell, C. Chauncy, . . 53

Presidents Dickinson, Burr, and Edwards, ...... 54

Presidents Davies and Finley, . . . . . . . . .56

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CHAPTER II. The Revolutionary Period

PAflB Introductory Remarks, .......... 57

Benjamin Franklin, .......... 58

Apothegms from Franklin, . . . . . . . . .60

George Washington, James Otis, ........ 62

John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, . . ... . . « .63

Alexander Hamilton, .......... 67

John Jay, Dr. Witherspoon, . . . . . . . . .69

Freneau— The Sabbath-Day Class, ........ 71

Freneau's May to April, ......... 73

Brackenridge, ......... i . Ti

Francis Hopkinson, .......... 75

The Battle of the Kegs, .......... 76

John Trumbull, Joel Barlow, ........ 77

Presidents Stiles and Dwight, ......... 78

Mather Byles, Jacob Duche, Samuel Curwen, ...... 80"

The Frogs of Windam, B. Young Prince, . . . . . . .83

Governors Livingston and Hutchinson, Charles Thomson, . . . .84

Fisher Ames, John Winthrop, Benjamin Rush, . . . . . .85

John Dickinson, Anthony Benezet, Thomas Godfrey, Pelatiah Webster, . . 86

David Ramsey, Joseph Reed, W. H. Drayton, J. Drayton, . . . . .87

Henry Lee, Arthur Lee, Josiah Quincy, James Sullivan, David Humphreys, Bishop

Jonathan Mayhew, Bishop Seabury, William Smith, ..... 89

Samuel Hopkins, Jeremiah Learning, Nathan Strong, Jonathan Edwards, Jr., . . 90

Phillis Wheatly, J. Belknap, Isaac Backus, E. Winchester, J. Heckelwelder, Mrs. Ferguson, ............ 91

Susanna Rowson, Mercy Warren, St. George Tucker, ..... 92

J. McClurg, The Belles of Williamsburg, . . . . . . .93

J. M. Sewell, E. Fitch, N, Evans, B. Church, J. and W. Bartram, ... 94

Elias Boudinot, W. Linn, G. R. Minot, J. Bellamy, . . .95

SECTION 1.— The Poets. Robert Treat Paine, 97

Adams and Liberty — A Song, ........ 98

J. Hopkinson, J. B. Linn, C. P. Sumner, Francis S. Key, Wm. Mumford, . . 100

W. AUston, C. C. Moore, 101

A Tisit from St. Nicholas 102

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Levi Frisbie, Samuel Woodworth, ........ 104

Old Oaken Bucket, Hillhouse, B. Wain, , . . . . . .105

J. Rodman Drake, R. Dabney, J. M. Harvey, ...... 106

The American Flag, . . . . . . . . . . 107

Robert C. Sands, C. Wilcox, J. G. C. Brainard, G. Mellen, . . . .108

Maria del Occidents (Mrs. Brooks), J. W. Eastburn, M. P. Flint, J. A. Stone, F. E. Brooks, 109 Lucretia and Margaret Davidson, . . . * . . . . 110

SECTION 2. — Miscellaneous Prose Writers

Charles Brockden Brown, ......... Ill

Robert Walsh, Joseph Dennie, ........ 112

William Wirt, W. Duane, Mrs. E. Hall, P. H. Nicklin, . ... . .113

The Blind Preacher, .......... 114

William Dunlap, W. Crafts, W. Elliott, S. L. Mitchill, A. Greene, . . . .115

Irving Brothers, Mrs. T. Tenney, Lucy Hooper, R. Tyler, H. E. Dwight, E. Wood, G. Watterston, E. B. English, . . . . , . . . .116

Timothy Flint, Captain Symmes, ........ 117

SECTION VI. — Biography and History. Chief Justice Marshall, Weems, Aaron Bancroft, Abdiel Holmes, .... 128

Hannah Adams, S. L. Knapp, T. M. Harris, ...... 129

T. Pitkins, A. Bradford, J. B. Felt, A. Graydon, C. Miner, J. Armstrong, J. L. Bosman, 130 Isaiah Thomas, J. Morse, W. C. Woodbridge, R. C. Smith, .... 131

SECTION VII. — Theological Writers

Samuel Stanhope Smith, . , . . . . . . . 131

Ashbel Green, H. Kollock, S. Kollock, . . . . . . .132

Dr. John Mason, Dr. J. H. Rice, . . . . . . . .133

Dr. Nott, T. C. Henry, A. M. Proudfit, A. McLeod, S. B. Wylie, . . .134

President Day, J. P. Wilson, S. Whelpley, J. Mitchell, L. Withington, Dr. Emmons, . 135 Leonard Woods, S. West, S. Williston, E. Porter, ..... 136

Bishop Hobart, Bishop Griswold, N. Worcester, S. Worcester, Dr. Pay son, . . 137

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Dr. Ware, J, Bowden, G. P. Bedell, T. Dehon, F. Dalcho, J. Sherman, S. C. Thacher,

Dr. Bangs, B. Whitman, W. Austin, A. Abbot, J. Summerfield, E. Hicks, D. Wheeler, 139

CHAPTER IV. From 1830 to 1850

Introductory Remarks, .......... 140

SECTION I.— The Poets. The Bells, 142

Halleck, 144

Richard Henry Dana, .......... 147

Edmund Kean's Lear, . . . . . . . . . 148

Percival, J. Howard Payne, ........ 151

Fairfield, J. H. Bryant, ......... 153

Gallagher, McDonald Clarke, Finley, Cranch, Eastman, J. Brown, . , . 154

Hosmer, C. W. Everett, H. B. Hirst, George Lunt, . . . . .155

J. McClellan, J. Nack, R. Hoyt, J. M. Legar^, Coates Kinney, . . . .156

T. H. Stockton, T. Ward, J. W. Ward, 157

Mrs. Osgood, To My Pen, . . . . . . . . .158

Hannah F. Gould, The Snow Flake, . . . . . . .160

Elizabeth Bogart, ........... 161

Anna Drinker, " Edith May," ........ 162

Mrs. Esling, Mary A. H. Dodd, Mrs. L. J. Hall, 164

Amelia Welby, Mrs. Jane L. Gray, Mrs. Nichols, Sirs. Gage, Mrs. E. Lee, . . 165

Mrs. Shindler (late Mrs. Dana), . . . . . . . .166

SECTION II. — Writers of Novels, Tales, etc. The Panther Scene, .......... 169

Miss Sedgwick, Susan Fenimore Cooper, ....... 170

Miss Mcintosh, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Sedgwick, John P. Kennedy, . . 174

Randolph of Roanoke, ......... 176

Quarrel of Bull and Jonathan, ........ 177

John Neal, 183

Charles Fenno Hoffman, .......... 184

Willis, 185

B. Tefft, A. W. Thatcher, A. Pike, P. Miles, E. Flagg, J. H. Ingraham, J. B. Jones, 193

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J. Judd, J. A. Scoville, H. Wikoff, W. C. Wallace, C. W. Thompson, W. J. Snelling, E.

Maturin, C. Matthews, ......... 194

G. Lippard, W. A. Cairuthers, G. H. Calvert, W. E. Burton, C. Burdett, A. S. Roe, J.

L. F. Thomas, M. M. Thomas, E. S. Thomas, T. H. Shreve, F. C. Woodworth, L. M.

Sargent, S. M. Schmucker, . . . . . . . . 196

Daniel P. Thompson, Miss Leslie, ........ 197

Lydia Maria Child, . . . . ... . . . 203

Mrs. Emily Judson, " Fanny Forrester," . . . . . . . 205

Mrs. Caroline Lee Hentz, Mrs. Embury, . . . « • . • . 208

Mrs. F. M. Whitaker, Mrs. Horsford, Mrs. S. C. Mayo, Mrs. J. H. Scott, Mrs. M. E.

Hewitt, Susan Pindar, Mrs. L. Payson, Mrs. E. H. Whitman, . . . 209

Mrs. L. J. Pierson, Mrs. S. L. Little, Mrs. J. L. Dumont, Mrs. H. F. Lee, Mrs. Eliza Lee, 210

SECTION III. — History and Biography. Washington Irving, .......... 210

J. G. Palfrey, Miss Palfrey, Rev. C. Francis, John W. Francis, C. S. Henry, . . 213

William L. Stone, W. L. Stone, Jr., F. Hunt, M. L. Davis, . . . .214

G. Thorburn, C. J. lugersoU, H. D. Gilpin, R. S. Field, . . . . .215

W. C. Rives, S. M. Janney, A. S. MacKenzie, J. C. Fremont, C. S. Eastman, Mrs.

L. Sabine, G. W. Kendall, C. E. A. Guyarre, B. Mayer, P. Oliver, . . .217

E. R. Potter, R. Robbins, E. Robbins, J. D. Rupp, J. Savage, S. Swett, B. R. Thatcher,

R. Webster, J. W. Barber, S. Hazard, J. S. Jenkins, W. Allen, J. L. Blake, . . 219

W. Grimshaw, J. Frost, J. W. Thornton, J. F. Watson,. S. Willard, J. Willard, , 220 W. Willis, R. C. Winthrop, S. Spooner, J. McMackie, C. A. Goodrich, B. Drake, G.

Louis and Willis Gaylord Clark, C. A. Logan, R. Dawes, C. G. Lester, [. . 222

SECTION IV.— Writers on Literature and Criticism. Ralph Waldo Emerson, .......... 222

Margaret Fuller, Marchioness D'Ossoli, ....... 227

Horace Binney Wallace, Henry Reed, ....... 228

Park Beiyamin, 0. D. Cleveland, ... .... 231

SECTION v. — Political \Vriters

Alexander H. Everett, .......... 231

Edward Everett, 232

Daniel Webster, .234

John Quincy Adams, ......... 236

Choate, Mrs. McCord, T. R. Dew, B. Tucker, . . . . . .239

E. Tucker, De Bow, Wheaton, 240

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PAGE F. L. Olmsted, J. Paxker, T. Lieber, C. Gushing, ...... 243

L. Spooner, H. A. S. Dearborn, T. Dwight, T. Lyman, VT. J. Duane, S. Colwell, G. M.

SECTION VI. — Scientific V/riters

Benjamin Sllliman. Denison Olmsted, ........ 245

Joseph Henry, Alexander Dallas Bache, ....... 246

r. Bache, R. Dunglison, 0. M. Mitchel, . . . ■ . . . .247

Robert Dale Owen, D. D. Owen, Richard Owen, S. G. Morton, G. R. Gliddon, . 248

J. C. Nott, J. Eachman, E. Hitchcock, D. Drake, J. Cassin, .... 243

J. Espy, J. K. Townsend, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, J. L. D. Comstock, J. Renwick, J.

Bell, J. Thacher, T. Sewell, . . . . . . . ,250

J. Bigelow, W. Hooker, W. F. Lynch, Dr. Kane, S. W. Williams, . . .251

S. Tyler, H. Vethake, C. Davies, J. B. Thompson, T. Ewbank, J. E. TTorcestef, . 252

Prof. Marsh, W. C. Fowler, C. C. Felton, J. W. Gibbs, . . . . . 254

Dr. Tajlor, C. Anthon, E. A. Andrews, ....... 255

J. J. Owen, Prof. Follen, Mrs. Follen, P. Bullions, G. Brown, J. Rush, W. Russell, . 256 A. Comstock, R. G. Parker, ••••.... 257

SECTION VII. — Theological V/riters

Archibald Alexander, . , . . . . . , . . 257

James Alexander, .......... 258

Addison Alexander, .......... 259

S. D. Alexander, Samuel Miller, . . . . . . . . 264

President Carnahan, .......... 265

Robert J. Breckinridge, .......... 267

J. Breckinridge, S. H. Cox, ........ 268

J. Parker, Dr. Tbornwell, Dr. Junkin, G. Bush, J. W. Yeomans, . . . 270

E. D. Yeomans, J. Janeway, ......... 271

J. Wood, Dr. Sprague, Dr. Spring, N. Murray, S. G. Winchester, J. B. Waterburj', 272 L. Coleman, J. M. Olmstead, Joel Jones, J. H. James, .... 273

0. C. James, I. S. Spencer, J. M. Krebs, R. W. Dickinson, L. W. Green, H. Reed, J. G. Wilson, J. L. Wilson, . . . . . . . . .274

Lj-man Beocher, N. S. Prince, J. B. Walker, W. M. Lowrie, W. M. Thomson, . 275

Moses Stuart, L. A. Sawyer, F. D. W. Ward, H. P. Tappan, . . . .276

Edward Robinson, I. W. Stuart, ........ 277

Bela B. Edwards, Eli Smith, . . , . . . . . .278

Prof. Upham, C. C. Upham, L. Woods, ....... 279

N. W. Taylor, J. Murdock, H. A. Roland, H. Newcomb, I. N. Tarbox, W. B. Tappan, . 2S0 President Woolsey, Myron and Hubbard Winslow, T. T. Stone, J. Hawes, J. O. Dwight, 281 H. G. 0. Dwight, J. B. Dods, A. B. Cliapin, H. Humphrey, A. Nettleton, B. Tyler, G. B. Cheever, H. T. Cheever, . . . . . . . . .282

Dr. Bethune, C. G. Finney, . . ' . . . . . .283

W. C. Brownlee, J. F. Berg, D. Abeel, J. Scudder, C. P. Krauth, . . . .285

J. G. Schmucker, S. S. Schmucker, B. Kurtz, L. Mayer, P. F. Mayer, T. Stork, H. Harbaugh, ............ 286

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W. Clianning, W. E. Channing, Jr., N. N. Frothingham, A. Norton, G. B. Noyes, W. Fnrness, ..........

0. Dewey, G. "W. Burnap, S. G. Bulfinch, A. A. Livermore, W. Mountford, J. Whitman, T. R. Sullivan, C. Robbins, T. B. Thayer, T. Parker, Bishops Hopkins, Onderdonk, and Potter, ....

SECTION I.— The Poets. Boker, 336

Pields, C. T. Brooks, W. A. Butler, ........ 346

W. H. Burleigh, A. J. Duganne, T. D. English, C. Gayler, T. Powell, A. B. Street, . 347

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R. H. Stoddard, Mrs. E. D. Stoddard, S. D. Phelps, S. W. Duffield, . . . .349

E. S. Miller, S. M. Hagerman, Ray Palmer, F. W, Shelton, .... 350

M. F. Bigney, H. M, Clarkson, L. Fontaiue, . . . . . . .351

Mrs. M. E. Tucker, Mrs. M. S. Homes, Mrs. J. P. Creswell, Mrs. M. J. Preston, . . 353

Agnes Leonard, Mrs. F. M. Downing, ........ 357

Mrs. L. V. French, Mrs. C. J. M. Jordan, Mrs. M. B. Clark, Mrs. C. 0. Donnelly, Mrs. C.

Miss A. R. Blount, Miss S, A. Brock, Mrs. M. E, Bryan, Mrs. C. A. Ball, . . 359

Miss S. A. Talley, Miss C. B. Sinclair, Miss A. C. Ketchum, Alice and Phoebe Cary, . 360 Mrs. E. C. Kinney, .......... 364

Mrs. E. S. Smith, Mrs. A. C. Botta, Mrs. T. Bolton, ..... 367

Miss Pollard, Mrs. (Akers) Allen, . . 368

Mrs. M. S. Sangster, T. MacKellar, W. Baxter, . . . . . . 369

E. D. Smith, R. Furman, T. H. Hill, J. B. Hope, A. M. Keiley, S. Y. Levy, H. R, Jackson,

G. H. Miles, J. D. Bryant, E. Young, J. T. Humphreys, . . . . .371

A. J. Requier, B. Shipp, J. R. Randall, A. D. F. Randolph, . . . .372

E. W. Ellsworth, 373

R. W. Wright, 374

Walt Whitman, . . . 376

Bret Harte, 378

American Hymnody, Psalm and Hymn Writers, ...... 383

Psalm and Hymn Books, ......... 385

SECTION II.— Writers on Literature and Criticism. Lowell, 386

Tuckerman, Whipple, 389

Kate Field, Mrs. Putnam, Delia Bacon, M. C. Tyler, 390

E. S. Gould, F. J. Child, R. G. White, 391

A. Gilman, Duyckinck brothers, ........ 393

S. A. Allibone, J. W. Davidson, . . . 394

Mrs. M. T. Tardy, 395

SECTION III. — Magazinists. Holmes, 395

Howells .401

J. W. Palmer, Mrs. Palmer, Gen. Hill, ....... 406

SECTION IV. — Journalists. Bennett, 407

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Hurlbut, Godkin, .

Parke Godwin, ......

John R. Thompson, .....

Prentice, Ripley, Dana, Bowles, ....

J. Bigelow, II. C. Watson, C. H. Sweetser, C. Nordhoff, C McMichael, Forney, Mackenzie, . . . .

Albert D. Richardson, ....

George Alfred Townsend, ....

Alexander Wilson, Whitelaw Reid, .

James W. Simonton, .....

New York Associated Press, ....

Curtis Guild, ......

E. Eggleston, S. I. Prime, ....

E. D. G. Prime, W. C. Prime, T. Tilton, Mrs. Swisshelm,

J. Biddle,

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416 . 417

418 . 419

420 . 421

423 .425

428 429 430 431

SECTION v.— The Humorists

C. F. Browne,— "Artemus Ward," . . . . . . . .433

S. L. Clemens, — " Mark Twain," ........ 437

C. H. Webb, — "John Paul," • .442

Charles G. Leland, — " Hans Breitmann," . . . * .

Seba Smith, — "Major Jack Downing," ......

Judge Longstreet, W. T. Thompson, . . . . . .

SECTION VI. — Miscellaneous ^Vriters

D. H. Strother, — " Porte Crayon," . 457

J. R. Browne, J. J. Jarves, J. C. Fletcher, ....... 459

R. Serames, E. J. Lewis, R. Roosevelt, ....... 460

C. A. Bristed, E. S. Gould, H. H. Weld, W. Elder, E. Sargent, . . . .461

Henry Giles, 462

T. S. Kirkbride, E. C. Wines, J. B. Gough, . . . . . . . 464

R. G. Pardee, E. Parrish, Mrs. C. H. Dall, C. L. Brace, W. W. Story, . . .465

W. C. Dana, A. G. Mackey, Madame Le Yert, W. W. Hillard, . . . .466

Prof. La Borde, S. T. Wallis, Holcombe Brothers, . . . . . .467

C. Northend, C. H. Wiley, 469

John Ogden, 470

I. Mayhew, J. P. Wickersham, . . . . . . . . .471

S. S. Randall, W, Swinton, 472

John S. Hart, 474

A. Holbrook, 475 xvui

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SECTION VII. — Novels and Tales. PAGE

Theodore Winthrop, .......... 476

J. R. Gilmore, — "Edmund Kirke," ....... .479

C. A. Lanier, J. S. Holt, W. W. Turner, F. R. Goulding, C. Dimitry, J. Esten Cooke, . 482 Philip Pendleton Cooke, . . . . . . . . .483

R. M. Bird, C. J. Peterson, 485

C. Barnard, E. E. Hale, . .487

J. De Mille, E. Kellogg, T. S. Arthur, 488

H. A. Wise, F. Ludlow, J. L. McConnel, J. H. Robinson, H. E. Scudder, E. Bennett, J.

Brougham, W. M. Turner, . . . . . . . . . 489

E. H. Stauffer, S. Cobb, G. M. Baker, W. T. Adams, ..... 490

Z. A. Mudge, J. Abbott, J. S. C. Abbott, ....... 492

Abbott Brothers, R. J. Parvin, Mrs. H. B. Stowe, . . . . . .493

The Warners, Mrs. A. S. Stephens, ........ 495

Mrs. Cora Mowatt Ritchie, , . . . . . . . . 497

Mrs. S. J, Lippincott, Mrs. A. P. Spofiford, Mrs. L, C. Moulton, .... 498

Olive Logan, Anna Dickinson, ......... 500

Caroline Chesebro, .......... 502

Mrs. M. J. Holmes, Mrs. Terhune, — " Marion Harland," .... 503

Mrs. S. P. King. Mrs. M. E. Whitaker, Mrs. C. H. Jervey, Mrs. R. M. Murphy, Miss C. V.

Dargan, Miss Louise Elenjay, ........ 504

Mrs. M. H. Robinson, Miss S. J. C. Whittlesey, Mrs. L. P. Cutler, Miss M. J. Upshur,

Miss M. T. Magill, Mrs. A. E. Wilson, . . . . . . .505

Mrs. E. W. Bellamy, Miss M. A. Cruse, Miss C. W. Barber, Mrs. C. A. Warfield, Mrs. E.

P. Lee, Mrs. M. L. Clack, 506

Mrs. E. M. Wynne, Mrs. E. L. Pugh, Mrs. S. A. Dorsey, Mrs. K. A. Dubose, Miss E.

Mrs. Georgiana McLeod, Mrs. Anne M. Seemuller, Miss Nellie Marshall, Mrs. Sallie R.

Ford, Mrs. Jane T. Cross, ........ 508

Mrs. Julia C. R. Dorr, Maria Cummings, Mr. and Mrs. Denison, .... 509

Maria J. B. Browne, Sara H. Browne, Mrs. Julia McNair Wright, . . . 510

Mrs. Metta Victoria Victor, Mrs. Frances Fuller Barritt, Miss Lucy Larcom, . . 511

Amanda Douglas, Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney, Estelle Anna Lewis, Adeline Trafton, Mrs.

J. E. McConaugby, 512

Mrs. H. M. Baker, — " Madeline Leslie," ....... 513

A. R. Baker, D. D., Mrs. Vienna G. Ramsay, ...... 515

Mrs. Mary H. Seymour, Mrs. Sarah T. Martyn, Rev. W. Carlos Martyn, . . . 516

C. F. Orne, Mrs. Caroline Orne, Lucy Ellen Guernsey, ..... 518

Clara G. Guernsey, Kate Hamilton, Mrs. A. K. Dunning, .... 519

Catherine M. Trowbridge, Mary Halloway, Harriet B. McKeever, Mrs. A. C. Chaplin, . 520

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PAGE Mrs. Jane D. C. Chaplin, Mrs. Anna Bache. Mrs. C. E. K. Davis, Mrs. Margaret Hosmer,

Mrs. Helen Conant, ......... 521

Mrs. M. L. Peebles, Mrs. Mary J. Hildeburn, Mrs. Sarah A. Myers, Mrs. Mattie D. Britts, 522 Julia A. and Joanna H. Matthews, Martha Fiuley, Mrs. Jenny M. Parker, Mrs. Mary

H. Pike, Margaret M. Robertson, ........ 623

Julia C. Thompson, Mrs. Frances J. B. Smith, Annie M. Mitchell, Mrs. H. V. Cheney,

Mrs. Gushing, Mrs. Foster, Mrs. A. L. Wister, Mrs. M. L. Clark, Mrs. M. C. "VYeston, 524

SECTION VIII. — Historical. Prescott, Hildreth, .......... 525

Ticknor, 527

J. F. Kirk, G. M. Towle, W. D. Willard, C. Campbell, ..... 529

J. F. H. Claiborne, J. H. Logan, J. D. McCabe, E. A. Pollard, J. H. Wheeler, W. Allan,

J. A. Shea, R. McSherry, J. McSherry, . . . . . . . .532

G. S. Hillard, A. D. White, . . 634

Francis Parkman, Winthrop Sargent, ....... 535

John D. Baldwin, Henry C. Lea, . . . . . . . .536

Vinceuzo Botta, John R. Brodhead, William. A. Whitehead, M. T. Walworth, . 537

B. F. DeCosta, T. Buckingham Smith, . . . . . . . ,538

S. G. Drake, Francis S. Drake, Samuel A. Drake, Joseph Thomas, Reuben A. Guild, 539 John Savage, Henry Stevens, W. H. Whitmore, J. T. Headley, George G. Ellis, . 540

S. Eliot, B. Perley Poore, Mrs. EUet, Frank Moore, ..... 541

J. 0. Noyes, R. Tomes, J. W. De Peyster, B. J. Lossing, S. P. Bates, . . .542

SECTION IX. —Writers on Political Economy

Henry C. Carey, F. Sheppard, ......... 544

E. J. Morris, J. W. Webb, C. F. Adams, Charles Sumner, ..... 645

George Sumner, Wendell Phillips, ........ 546

Alex. H. Stephens, Geo. Fitzhugh, H. Middleton, . . . . . .548

SECTION X. — Scientific Writers

Mrs. Agassiz, Isaac Lea, ........

S. D. Gross, A. Winchell, S. H. Dickson, J. W. Draper, A. Gray,

J. D. Dana, R. Pumpelly, Com. Maury, ......

E. G. Squier, J. Brockelsby, W. J. Rolfe, J. Johnston, ....

Le Roy C. Cooley, J. Dorman Steele, Sanborn Tenney,

S. A. Norton, J. C. Dalton, H. J. Osborn, D. A. Wells, W. H. Wells,

B. Sears, E. A. Sheldon, Dio Lewis, W. W. Hall, E. Burritt, E. Bowen, A. L. Gihon,

Catherine E. Beecher, H. M. Bouvier, Elizabeth P. Peabody, Elizabeth Blackwell,

Benjamin Greenleaf, J. Dodd, H. N. Robinson, A. Schuyler, Edward Brooks,

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552 . 553

554 . 555

556 . 557

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CONTENTS.

E. E. "White, J. Raj',

W. D. Whitney, M. Scheie De Vere, ........

Horatio Hale, Prof. March, President Hill, ......

Prof. Mcllvaine, J. Bascom, J. R. Boyd, .......

Prof. Bledsoe, Prof. H. N. Day, ........

R. H. Rivers, T. Wharton Collens, B. L. Gildersleeve, Thomas Chase, George Stuart, Howard Crosby, Alpheus Crosby, W. S. Tyler, J. H. Hanson, .... George R. Crooks, N. C. Brooks, W. Bingham, M. Willson, .... Prof. McGuflfey, J. M. Watson, Miss Berard, R. Sterling, Profs. Newell and Creery, G. P. Quackenbos, G. Vandenhofif, S. P. Andrew

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SECTION XII.— Theological and Religious

Charles Hodge, . . . . . . ...

A. A. Hodge, W. H. Green, J. C. Moffat, John Maclean, ....

James McCosh, L. H. Atwater, . . . . , . , . ,

C. W. Shields, H. A. Boardman, T. Edwards, ......

R, Davidson, J. M. Macdonald, J. Hall, S. J. Baird, W. E. Schenck,

J, A. Collier, R. F. Sample, J. E. Rockwell, Dr. Shedd, H. B, Smith,

A. D. Smith, N. L, Rice, W. Adams, T. L. Cuyler, . ...

T. DeWitt Talmage, A. Taylor, Tayler Lewis,

M. Hopkins, J. Haven, E. N. Kirk,

D. X. Junkin, W. P. Breed, W. M. Blackburn, D. Baker, . . . . W. M. Baker, W. S. Plumer, ........

G. D. Armstrong, T. Smyth, J, Leyburn, .......

Stuart Robinson, W. A. Scott, .........

C. P. Krauth, M. L. Stoever, E. A. Schweinitz, . . . .

S. Philips, J. H. Seiss, C. F. Schaeflfer, C. W. SchaeflFer, P. Schaff, . . . .

J. P. Thompson, A. C, Thompson, N. G. Clark, I. P. Warren, M. H. Smith, G. P. Fisher,

Mrs. M. A. Hallock,

Henry Ward Beecher, Edward Beecher, Charles Beecher, Calvin E. Stowe, .

R. S. Storrs, H Bnshnell, L. Bacon, H, C. Trumbull, , . . . .

E. Pond, N. Adams, P. A. Chadbourne, E. F. Burr, H. M. Dexter,

Prof. Park, Austin Phelps, Mrs. Phelps, .......

Miss Phelps, J. Todd, A. Mahan, J. H. Fairchild, ......

E. H. Chapin, R. Colly er, Theophilus Parsons, Henry James, A. J. Davis,

H. J. Ripley, H. B. Hackett, A. Hovey, J. T. Champlin, . . . . .

J. Chaplin, G. W. Samson, T. J. Conant, .......

W. R. Williams, H. C. Fish, J. Dowling, D. C. Eddy, W. W. Everts, P. Church, . Robert Turnbull, John J. Butler, Joseph Banvard, James M. Pendleton, J. B. Jeter, John L. Dagg, P. H. Mell, Robert Fuller, John McClintock, James Strong, . George Peck, William Nast, J. T. Crane, Abel Stevens, .....

D. D. Whedon, J. Cross, C. F. Deems, D. W. Clark, C. Collins, L. M. Lee,

D. R. NcAnally, E. 0. Haven, H. N. McTyeire, R. Abbey, S. D. Baldwin, J. 0. Andrew, T. 0. Summers, ..........

L. Rosaer, J. Challen, W. J. Barbee, W. T. Moore, Isaac Errett,

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Bobert Milligan, J, T. Barclay, ...

S. Barclay Johnson, R. Richardson, Bishops Mcllvaine, Eastbnrn, and Kip, Bishops "Williams, Lee, Odenheimer, Stevens, Huntington, Coxe, Southgate, John S. Stone, ......

I". Wharton, R. Newton, W. R. Hnntington, J. A. Spencer, E. E. Beardsley, S. H. Tyng, Dudley A. Tyng, S. Osgood, George Jones, N. S. Richardson, J. Swett, W. M. Reynolds, R. A. Hallam, R, Archbishop Kenrick, ....

Archbishops Hughes, and Spalding,

Archbishop Purcell, Bishop England,

Archbishop Bayley, Bishop Ives, Xavier D. McLeod,

Fathers Preston, Hecker, Hewitt, Stone, .

C. C. Pise, P. I'redet, 0, A. Brownsou, J, McGill^ R. H. Clarke, J. M. Finotti

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To Teachers.

rpHE author of ttese volumes, on English and American Literature, -^ ventures to make a suggestion as to the method of using them as text-hooks.

It is obvious, on a hare inspection of the pages, or of the table of Contents, that much of the matter here contained is not meant to be studied for the purpose of recitation. Such a use of the books would be to mistake entirely the design of the author, and to waste unwarrantably the time of the scholar. It is important, indeed, that the scholar should have by him, in cheap and convenient form for reference, information, so far as practicable, in regard to aU those writers who have contributed in any considerable degree to the body of our literature, and to have this information properly classified and brought together under suitable heads. Besides the convenience of having these details in this form for reference, there is another consideration not to be overlooked. The mere inspection of the authors thus epitomized and classified, gives the student general ideas which he can get in no other way, in regard both to the magnitude and comprehensiveness of the subject as a whole, and to the proportions and relations of the several parts. But it by no means follows that all these minutiae are to be regularly studied.

A proper use of either of these books in the class-room would include attention to the following particulars :

1. Study carefully the Introductions of the several Chapters, including the subdivisions into Sections.

2. Study carefully, in full, one leading author, in each Chapter or Section, either taking the author who is named in the book as standing at the

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head of that Section, or selecting some other, at the discretion of the teachi^,

3. In connection with this exhaustive study of one author in each Section, learn the portion in coarse print in regard to the other associated authors in that Section,

4. Name merely, without giving any other particulars, some of those authors who are presented in fine print. How many of these minor authors should be named, must be left to the judgment of the teacher. The better way is to require only a few, and leave the selection to each student.

By observing these four conditions, the teacher may take a class intelligently and profitably through the entire book, in the shortest time allotted to the study in any school that makes a pretence of studying the subject at all.

Having given this geateral survey of the whole subject, if more time is allowed, the process may be repeated, again and again, taking each time one additional author in each Section for special study, and a few additional minor authors for mere mention.

Scholars, while passing through the book, should be advised and encouraged to read all the matter in its connection. Curiosity of itself wiU lead them in many cases to read about authors in whom they are interested. But in no case is it deemed advisable that a larger amount than that already indicated should be required for recitation.