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Benj. N. Martin. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader
Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
=1.= RELIGIOUS WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
=2.= HISTORICAL WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
=3.= MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
=4.= LATER RELIGIOUS WRITERS AND DIVINES
=5.= ORATORS, AND LEGAL AND POLITICAL WRITERS, OF THE ERA OF THE REVOLUTION
=6.= ORATORS, AND LEGAL AND POLITICAL WRITERS, OF THE ERA SUBSEQUENT TO THE REVOLUTION
=7.= BIOGRAPHICAL WRITERS
=8.= HISTORY, GENERAL AND SPECIAL
CHAPTER II
=1.= ESSAYISTS, MORALISTS, AND REFORMERS
=2.= GENERAL AND POLITE LITERATURE
=3.= LATER MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS
=4.= NATURAL HISTORY, SCENERY, ETC
=5.= WRITERS OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE
=6.= NOVELISTS AND WRITERS OF FICTION
CHAPTER III
POETS
ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF AUTHORS
ADAMS, JOHN 56, 57 ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY 78, 79 ALEXANDER, JAMES W. 34 ALDRICH, THOMAS B. 427 ALLSTON, WASHINGTON 277, 278, 279, 325 AMES, FISHER 68 AMES, MARY C. 315 ARMSTRONG, JOHN 103 AUDUBON, JOHN J. 258, 259, 260. BACHMAN, JOHN 262 BACON, LEONARD 32, 33 BANCROFT, GEORGE 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 BARTLETT, JOHN R. 203 BARTRAM, WILLIAM 253, 254 BEECHER, HENRY WARD 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 BEECHER, LYMAN 23 BELKNAP, JEREMY 113 BENTON, THOMAS H. 105 BETHUNE, GEORGE W. 38, 39, 362 BIRD, ROBERT M. 295 BLEDSOE, ALBERT T. 45 BOKER, GEORGE HENRY 411, 412 BOTTA, ANNE C. LYNCH 377 BRACKENRIDGE, HENRY M. 120 BRAINARD, JOHN G.C. 348 BROOKS, MARIA 344 BROWN, C. BROCKDEN 276 BROWNSON, ORESTES A. 159, 160 BRYANT, WILLIAM C. 338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343 BUCKMINSTER, JOSEPH S. 28 BUEL, JESSE 152 BUSHNELL, HORACE 43, 44 BUTLER, WILLIAM ALLEN 413 BUTLER, WILLIAM O. 336, 337 BYRD, WILLIAM 12. CALDWELL, CHARLES 104 CALHOUN, JOHN C. 82, 83, 84 CALVERT, GEORGE H. 198 CAREY, HENRY C. 155 CARY, ALICE 238, 404 CASS, LEWIS 91 CHANNING, WM. ELLERY 24, 25, 26 CHEEVER, GEORGE B. 41, 42 CHILD, LYDIA MARIA 294 CHOATE, RUFUS 92, 93 CLAIBORNE, I.F.H. 107 CLARK, WILLIS G. 380 CLAY, HENRY 80, 81 CLIFTON, WILLIAM 321 COLDEN, CADWALLADER 6 COOKE, JOHN ESTEN 311, 312 COOPER, J. FENIMORE 282, 283, 284, 285, 286 COXE, ARTHUR C. 399 CRANE, ANNE M. 314 CURTIS, GEORGE WM. 243. DANA, RICHARD H. 329 DANA, RICHARD H., JR. 228 DAVIDSON, MARGARET M. 409 DAVIES, SAMUEL 4 DENNIE, JOSEPH 150 DICKINSON, JOHN 55 DIMITRY, CHARLES 430 DOANE, GEORGE W. 350 DODGE, MARY A. 248 DORSEY, SARAH A. 313 DRAKE, DANIEL 261 DRAKE, JOSEPH R. 345 DRAPER, JOHN WM. 215, 216 DUPONCEAU, PETER S. 117 DWIGHT, TIMOTHY 20, 21 DURBIN, JOHN P. 31 DUYCKINCK, EVERT A. 229 DYER, SIDNEY 405. EARLE, AUSTIN T. 406 EASTMAN, MARY H. 225, 226 EDWARDS, ELIJAH E. 419 EDWARDS, JONATHAN 3 ELLETT, ELIZABETH F. 234 ELLIOTT, STEPHEN 257 EMERSON, RALPH WALDO 199, 200, 201, 202, 357, 358, 359 EMMONS, NATHANIEL 5 EVERETT, EDWARD 190, 191, 192. FLINT, TIMOTHY 177 FRANCIS, JOHN W. 122 FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN 13, 14, 15, 16 FREMONT, JOHN C. 270, 271 FRENEAU, PHILIP 318 FULLER, RICHARD 46. GALLAGHER, WILLIAM D. 371 GASTON, WILLIAM 151 GAYARRÉ, CHARLES 135 GREELEY, HORACE 164, 165, 166, 167 GREENE, GEORGE W. 108 GRIMKE, THOMAS S. 154. HALL, JAMES 188 HALLECK, FITZ-GREENE 346, 347 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER 66, 67 HARNEY, JOHN M. 333 HARRIS, JOEL C. 433 HARTE, FRANCIS BRET 246, 428, 429 HAWKS, FRANCIS L. 195 HAWTHORNE, NATHANIEL 296, 297, 298, 299, 300, 301, 302 HAY, JOHN 431 HAYNE, PAUL H. 420 HECKEWELDER, JOHN 112 HENRY, PATRICK 58, 59 HIGGINSON, THOMAS 241 HILL, THEOPHILUS H. 426 HILLHOUSE, JAMES A. 331, 332 HITCHCOCK, EDWARD 30 HOBART, JOHN H. 22 HOFFMAN, CHARLES F. 363 HOLLAND, JOSIAH G. 310 HOLMES, OLIVER W. 211, 212, 213, 214, 378, 379 HOOPER, LUCY 397 HOPKINSON, FRANCIS 316 HUDSON, HENRY N. 224 HOWELLS, WILLIAM D. 247 HUMPHREYS, DAVID 319. INGERSOLL, CHARLES J. 118, 119 IRVING, WASHINGTON 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185. JARVES, JAMES J. 235 JAY, JOHN 65 JEFFERSON, THOMAS 61, 62, 63, 64 JEFFREY, ROSA V. JOHNSON 421. KANE, ELISHA K. 272 KENNEDY, JOHN P. 290, 291, 292 KENT, JAMES 76 KEY, FRANCIS S. 324 KING, THOS. STARR 174 KIRKLAND, CAROLINE M. 208, 209. LANMAN, CHARLES 266 LAPHAM, J.A. 263, 264 LEE, HENRY 115, 116 LEGARÉ, HUGH S. 193, 194 LELAND, CHARLES G. 242 LEWIS, TAYLOR 162, 163 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM 95 LINN, JOHN B. 323 LIPPINCOTT, SARAH J. 245, 422 LIVINGSTON, EDWARD 77 LONGFELLOW, HENRY W. 206, 367, 368, 369, 370 LOVEJOY, ELIJAH P. 355 LOWELL, JAS. RUSSELL 217, 218, 219, 220, 381, 382, 383
CHOICE SPECIMENS
OF. AMERICAN LITERATURE
CHAPTER I
RELIGIOUS WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
=1.= EXTENT OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
=2.= PRESERVATION OF NEW ENGLAND PRINCIPLES
=3.= MEANING OF THE PHRASE "MORAL INABILITY."
=4.= LIFE AND IMMORTALITY REVEALED THROUGH THE GOSPEL
=5.= THE RIGHT OF PRIVATE JUDGMENT
HISTORICAL WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
=6.= CONVICTION OF THEIR SUPERIORITY
=7.= THE RULE OF POWHATAN
=8.= POCAHONTAS IN ENGLAND
=9.=. MANNERS OF THE INHABITANTS
MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
=10.= TRUE LIBERTY DEFINED
=11.= PROPOSED TREATMENT OF THE INDIANS
=12.= THE GINSENG AND SNAKEROOT PLANTS
=13.= GOOD RESOLUTIONS.—THE CROAKER
=14.= FRANKLIN'S ELECTRICAL KITE
=15.= MOTION FOR PRAYERS IN THE CONVENTION
=16.= THE EPHEMERON. AN EMBLEM
LATER RELIGIOUS WRITERS AND DIVINES
=17.= REMARKS ON SLAVERY AND LABOR
=18.= GRANDEUR OF THE ENTERPRISE
=19.= THE RIGHT OF THE STATE TO EDUCATE
=20.= THE WILDERNESS RECLAIMED
=21.= THE GLORY OF NATURE, FROM GOD
=22.= THE DIVINE GLORY IN REDEMPTION
=23.= THE BEING OF A GOD
=24.= CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON
=25.= GRANDEUR OF THE PROSPECT
=26.= THE DUTY OF THE FREE STATES
=27.= NATURAL RELIGION
=28.= NECESSITY OF REGENERATION
=29.= PROOF OF IMMORTALITY FROM THE MORAL NATURE OF MAN
=30.= GEOLOGICAL PROOF OF DIVINE BENEVOLENCE
=31.= FIRST SIGHT OF MOUNT SINAI
=32.= THE DAY APPROACHING
=33.= THE BENEFITS OF CAPITAL
=34.= THE CHURCH A TEMPLE
=35.= LIFE IN THE NEW SETTLEMENTS
=36.= EVIL TENDENCIES OF AN ACT OF SIN
=37.=. ATTESTATIONS OF THE RESURRECTION
=38.= ASPIRATIONS TOWARDS HEAVEN
=39.= THE PROSPECTS OF ART IN THE UNITED STATES
=40.= LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION
=41.= MONT BLANC
=42.=. SIN DISTORTS THE JUDGMENT
=43.= UNCONSCIOUS INFLUENCE
=44.= THE TRUE REST OF THE CHRISTIAN
=45.= MORAL EVIL CONSISTENT WITH THE HOLINESS OF GOD
=47.= A PICTURE IN A COLLEGE AT OXFORD
=48.= FROST ON THE WINDOW
=49.= NATURE, DESIGNED FOR OUR ENJOYMENT
=50.= LIFE IN THE COUNTRY
=51.= THE CONCEPTION OF ANGELS, SUPERHUMAN
=52.= THE CHRISTIAN THE ONLY TRUE LOVER OF NATURE
=53.= SCIENCE MAGNIFIES GOD
=54.= THE PIONEER PREACHERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY
ORATORS, AND LEGAL AND POLITICAL WRITERS, OF THE ERA OF THE REVOLUTION
=55.= THE ASPECT OF THE WAR
=56.= CHARACTER OF JAMES OTIS
=57.= REQUISITES OF A GOOD GOVERNMENT
=58.= THE NECESSITY OF THE WAR
=59.= NECESSITY OF AMENDMENT BEFORE ADOPTION
=60.= AN INDEPENDENT JUDICIARY THE SAFEGUARD OF LIBERTY
=61.= ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
=62.= CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON
=63.= GEOGRAPHICAL LIMITS OF THE ELEPHANT AND THE MAMMOTH. 1781
=64.= THE UNHAPPY EFFECTS OF SLAVERY
=65.= AN APPEAL TO ARMS
=66.= CHARACTER OF THE DEBT
=67.= THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
=68.= OBLIGATION OF NATIONAL GOOD FAITH
=69.= QUALIFICATIONS OF A MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
=70.= RESPONSIBILITY FOR SLAVERY
=71.= WAR, AND AMERICAN BELLIGERENT RIGHTS
=72.= VALUE OF A RECORD OF THE DEBATES
=73.= INSCRIPTION FOR A STATUE OF WASHINGTON
=74.= "CHANGE IS NOT REFORM."
=75.= THE ERROR OF DECAYED FAMILIES
=76.= LAW OF THE STATES
=77.= THE PROPER OFFICE OF THE JUDGE
=78.= THE RIGHT OF PETITION UNIVERSAL
=79.= THE ADMINISTRATION OF WASHINGTON
=80.= EMANCIPATION OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN STATES
=81.= DANGERS OF DISUNION
=82.= DANGERS OF AN UNLIMITED POWER OF REMOVAL FROM OFFICE
=83.= PECULIAR MERIT OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM
=84.= CONCURRENT MAJORITIES SUPERSEDE FORCE
=85.= INESTIMABLE VALUE OF THE FEDERAL UNION
=86.= OBJECT OF THE MONUMENT
=87.= BENEFITS OF THE CONSTITUTION
=88.= THE RIGHT OF CHANGING ALLEGIANCE
=89.= CHIEF JUSTICE MARSHALL
=90.= DIGNITY OF AMERICAN JURISPRUDENCE
=91.= POLICY OF REMOVING THE INDIANS
=92.= CONSERVATIVE FORCE OF THE AMERICAN BAR
=93.= THE AGE OF THE PILGRIMS, OUR HEROIC PERIOD
=94.= HIS MILITARY SERVICES IN AMERICA
=95.= OBLIGATION TO THE PATRIOT DEAD
=96.= PROSPECTIVE RESULTS OF THE BILL
=97.= HEROIC EFFORTS CANNOT FAIL
=98.= OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS
=99.= NATIONAL GREATNESS ATTAINABLE THROUGH PEACE
=100.= ORIGIN OF THE AMERICAN FLAG
BIOGRAPHICAL WRITERS
=101.= THE LIFE OF EDWARD DRINKER, A CENTENARIAN
=102.= THE CONQUEST OF CANADA
=103.= STORMING OF STONY POINT
=104.= A LECTURE OF DR. RUSH
=105.= THE CHARACTER OF MACON.[30]
=106.= RECAPTURE, AND BURNING OF THE FRIGATE "PHILADELPHIA," AT TRIPOLI
=107.= TECUMSEH'S SPEECH TO THE CREEK INDIANS
=108.= FOREIGN OFFICERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY
=109.= CAREER AND CHARACTER OF BURR
=110.= HENRY CLAY'S CAREER AT THE WESTERN BAR
=111.= WESTERN THEATRES
HISTORY, GENERAL AND SPECIAL
=112.= SETTLEMENTS OF THE CHRISTIAN INDIANS
=113.= THE MAST PINE
=114.= FEELING OF THE PROVINCE TOWARD GREAT BRITAIN
=115.= CLARKE'S SERVICES AGAINST THE INDIANS
=116.= THE CAREER OF CAPTAIN KIRKWOOD
=118.= CALHOUN CHARACTERIZED
=119.= BATTLE OF CHIPPEWA
=120.= OLD ST. GENEVIEVE, IN MISSOURI
=121.= THE SCHOOLMASTER
=122.= PUBLIC CHANGES DURING A SINGLE LIFETIME
=124.= THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON
=125.= HIS SERVICES, DEATH, AND CHARACTER
=126.= MORAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
=127.= PICTURE-WRITING OF THE MEXICANS
=128.= RANSOM AND DOOM OF THE INCA
=129.= VIRGINIA AND ITS INHABITANTS IN EARLY TIMES
=130=. CONTRAST OF ENGLISH AND FRENCH COLONIZATION IN AMERICA
=131.= DEATH OF MONTCALM
=132.= CHARACTER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
=133.= EARLIER POLICY OF SPAIN IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
=134.= SKETCH OF GENERAL JOHN SEVIER
=135.= GENERAL JACKSON AT NEW ORLEANS
=136.= REKINDLING THE SACRED FIRE
=137.= THE INDIANS AND THE EARLY SETTLERS OF ALABAMA
=138.= DEFEAT OF THE INDIAN KING PHILIP
=139.= CHARACTER OF ALVA
=140.= SIEGE AND ABANDONMENT OF OSTEND
=141.= THE RISE OF THE DUTCH REPUBLIC
=142.= EXILED FRENCH OFFICERS IN ALABAMA
=143.= THE YOUTH OF THE INDIAN CHIEF WEATHERFORD
=144.= THE EARLY METHODIST CLERGY IN AMERICA
=145.= HUNTERS AND TRAPPERS
=146.= EXPLORATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
=147.= DIFFICULTIES OF THE ENTERPRISE
=148.= EXPLORATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
=149.= HAPPINESS OF WINTHROP'S CLOSING YEARS
CHAPTER II
ESSAYISTS, MORALISTS, AND REFORMERS
=150.= REFLECTION'S ON THE SEASONS
=151.= THE IMPORTANCE OF INTEGRITY
=152.= EXTENT AND DEFECTS OF AMERICAN AGRICULTURE
=153.= FALSE SYMPATHY WITH CRIMINALS
=154.= LITERARY EXCELLENCE OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE
=155.= AGRICULTURE AS A SCIENCE
=156.= IMPROVEMENT OF ACID SOILS
=157.= SUPERIORITY OF THE MORAL SENTIMENTS
=158.= THOUGHTS FOR A YOUNG MAN
=159.= THE DUTY OF PROGRESS
=160.= POLITICS OF CATHOLIC EUROPE IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY DESPOTIC
=161.= IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY
=162.= UNITY OF THE MOSAIC ACCOUNT
=163.= CRUEL INTESTINE WARS CAUSED BY NATIONAL DIVISION
=164.= THE PROBLEM OF LABOR
=165.= THE BENEFICENCE OF LABOR-SAVING INVENTIONS
=166.= LITERATURE AS A VOCATION; THE EDITOR
=167.= TRANQUILITY OF RURAL LIFE
=168.= WINTER AND SPRING
=169.= THE TRUE IDEA OF A CHRISTIAN CHURCH
=170.= CHARACTER OF FRANKLIN
=171.= CHARACTER OF THOMAS JEFFERSON
=172.= THE WAR FOR THE UNION
=174.= GREAT PRINCIPLES AND SMALL DUTIES
CHAPTER III
GENERAL AND POLITE LITERATURE
=175.= HENRY'S EXAMPLE NO ARGUMENT FOR INDOLENCE
=176.= JEFFERSON'S SEAT AT MONTICELLO
=177.= THE WESTERN BOATMAN
=178.= FROM "TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS."
=179.= THE ARMY AT NEW AMSTERDAM
=180.= A MOTHER'S MEMORY
=181.= COLUMBUS A PRISONER
=182.= HIS ARRIVAL AT COURT
=183.= "A TIME OF UNEXAMPLED PROSPERITY."
=184.= DEATH AND BURIAL OF BRADDOCK
=185.= BARON STEUBEN IN THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY
=186.= INTEREST OF TASSO'S LIFE
=187.= DESIGN OF CERVANTES IN WRITING DON QUIXOTE
=188.= DESCRIPTION OF A PRAIRIE
=189.= THE CHIPPEWA INDIAN
=190.= ASTRONOMY, FOR ALL TIME
=191.= DESCRIPTION OF THE SUNRISE
=192.= THE CELTIC IMMIGRATION
=193.= THE STUDY OF THE ANCIENT CLASSICS
=194.= DISADVANTAGES OF COLONIAL LIFE
=195.= JAPAN INTERESTING IN MANY ASPECTS
=196.= METHOD OF LEARNING ENGLISH
=197.= THE EVERGREENS OF SOUTHERN EUROPE
=198.= ESTIMATE OF COLERIDGE
=199.= INFLUENCE OF NATURE
=200.= THE POWER OF CHILDHOOD
=201.= MAN MUST WORK IN HARMONY WITH PRINCIPLES
=202.= RULES FOR READING
=203.= LYNCH LAW AT EL PASO
=204.= THE AMERICAN ABROAD
=205.= CHARACTER AND WRITINGS OF JAMES HILLHOUSE
=206.= THE INTERRUPTED LEGEND
=207.= LEGENDARY PERIOD OF BRITISH HISTORY
=208.= THE FELLING OF A GREAT TREE
=209.= THE BEE TREE
=210.= CHARACTER OF CARLYLE
=211.= CONSEQUENCES OF EXPOSING AN OLD ERROR
=212.= PLEASURES OF BOATING
=213.= THE UNSPOKEN DECLARATION
=214.= MECHANISM OF VITAL ACTION
=215.= TRUTHS IN THE ANCIENT PHILOSOPHIES
=216.= PROSPECTIVE INFLUENCES OF THE REPUBLIC
=217.= NEW ENGLAND TWO CENTURIES AGO
=219.= LOVE OF BIRDS AND SQUIRRELS
=220.= CHAUCER'S LOVE OF NATURE
=221.= CHIMING OF THE CLOCK
=223.= THE HEART SUPERIOR TO THE INTELLECT
=226.= A PLEA FOR THE INDIANS
=227.= RUINS OF THE OLD FRENCH SETTLEMENT
=228.= LOSS OF A MAN AT SEA
=229.= NEWSPAPERS
=230.= ART AN EMANATION OF RELIGIOUS AFFECTION
=232.= WALDEN POND
=233.= WANTS OF THE AGE
=234.= ESCAPE OF MARY BLEDSOE FROM THE INDIANS
=235.= THE ART IDEA
=236.= WIT AND HUMOR IN LITERATURE
=237.= THE SISTERS
=238.= THE END OF THE HISTORY
=239.= A TALK ABOUT PORCHES
=240.= THE CHARACTER OF SHAKESPEARE'S STYLE
=241.= ELEGANCE OF FRENCH STYLE
=242.= ASPECT OF NUREMBERG
=243.= UNDER THE PALMS
=244.= THE EARLY WESTERN POLITICIAN
=245.= DEATH IN TOWN AND COUNTRY
=246.= BIRTH OF A CHILD IN A MINER'S CAMP
=247.= SNOW IN VENICE
=248.= SCENERY OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI
LATER MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS
=249.= NATURAL ADVANTAGES OF VIRGINIA
=250.= THE MARINER'S GUIDE ACROSS THE DEEP
=251.= THE GULF STREAM
=252.= THE GREAT UNFINISHED PROBLEMS OF THE UNIVERSE
=253.= SCENES ON THE UPPER OCONEE
=254.= THE WOOD PELICAN OF FLORIDA
=255.= NEST OF THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER
=256.= THE WHITE-HEADED, OR BALD, EAGLE
=257.= COMPLETENESS AND VARIETY OF NATURE
=258.= THE PASSENGER PIGEON
=259.= EMIGRANTS REMOVING WESTWARD
=260.= INTEREST OF EXPLORATION IN THE REMOTE WEST
=261.= OBJECTS OF THE WESTERN MOUND-BUILDERS
=262.= THE OPOSSUM
=263.= THE SMALLER LAKES
=264.= ANCIENT EARTHWORKS
=265.= THE MOCKING-BIRD
=266.= MAPLE-SUGAR-MAKING AMONG THE INDIANS
=267.= INDIAN POTTERY
=268.= THE FALLS OF MONTMORENCI
=269.= DISCOVERY OF A RUINED CITY IN THE WOODS
=270.= ASCENT OF A PEAK OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS
=271.= THE COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON
=272.= THE DISCOVERY OF AN OPEN SEA
=273.= MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA
=274.= APPROACH TO SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
=275.= SWISS SCENERY—A BATTLEFIELD; PICTURESQUE DWELLINGS
NOVELISTS AND WRITERS OF FICTION
=276.= THE YELLOW FEVER IN PHILADELPHIA
=277.= IMPERSONATION OF THE POWER OF EVIL
=278.= ON A PICTURE BY CARRACCI
=279.= ORIGINALITY OF MIND
=280.= CHARACTER OF THE DUTCH AND GERMAN SETTLERS
=281.= ABORTIVE TOWNS
=282.= THE SHOOTING MATCH
=283.= LONG TOM COFFIN
=284.= DEATH OF THE AGED TRAPPER, IN THE PAWNEE VILLAGE
=285.= ESCAPE FROM THE WRECK
=286.= NAVAL RESULTS OF THE WAR OF 1812
=287.= THE MINISTER CONDEMNING VAIN APPAREL
=288.= KOSCIUSKO'S GARDEN AT WEST POINT
=289.= THE NATURE OF TRUE POETRY
=290.= THE MANSION AND THE BARN
=291.= A DISAPPOINTED POLITICIAN
=292.= WIRT'S STYLE OF ORATORY
=293.= THE CHRISTIAN MARTYR
=294.= ILL TEMPER CONTAGIOUS
=295.= THE QUAKER HUNTSMAN
=296.= PORTRAIT OF EDWARD RANDOLPH
=297.= DESCRIPTION OF AN OLD SAILOR
=298.= A PICTURE OF GIRLHOOD
=299.= SCULPTURE: ART AND ARTISTS
=300.= RUINS OF FURNESS ABBEY
=301.= SCENERY OF THE MERRIMAC
=302.= A DUNGEON OF ANCIENT ROME
=303.= THE BATTLE OF EUTAW
=304.= CHARACTER AND SERVICES OF GENERAL MARION
=305.= MEMORIALS OF A DEAD CHILD
=306.= THE OLD MEETING HOUSE
=307.= DEBATE BETWEEN WEBSTER AND HAYNE
=308.= VIEW OF THE SKY BY NIGHT
=309.= SPERM WHALE FISHING
=310.= THE WEDDING-PRESENT
=311.= THE PORTRAIT
=312.= ASPECTS OF SUMMER
=313.= SCENERY AND SOCIETY AT NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
=314.= IMPRESSION OF A SEA SCENE
=315.= A RAILWAY DEPOT IN THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER IV
POETS
=319.= RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WAR
=320.= PEACE, BE STILL
=321.= PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION
=322.= THE MISER
=323.= WRETCHEDNESS OF SAVAGE LIFE
=324.= THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER
=326.= A TEMPERANCE SONG
=327.= THE PILGRIM FATHERS
=328.= THE CORAL GROVE
=330.= MY LIFE IS LIKE THE SUMMER ROSE
=334.= THE NEWSPAPER
=335.= THE WIDOW AT HER DAUGHTER'S BRIDAL
=337.= THE BATTLE-FIELD OF RAISIN
=338.= LINES TO A WATER FOWL
=339.= FREEDOM IRREPRESSIBLE
=340.= COMMUNION WITH NATURE, SOOTHING
=341.= THE LIVING LOST
=342.= THE SONG OF THE SOWER
=343.= THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE-TREE
=344.= MARRIAGE
=345.= THE FAY'S DEPARTURE
=346.= MARCO BOZZARIS
=347.= THE BROKEN MERCHANT
=348.= THE PAST AND THE PRESENT
=349.= HISTORICAL REMINISCENCES
=351.= HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON
=352.= CONTRAST OF NATURE WITHOUT
=353.= THE RAINBOW
=354.= VIEW AT GIBRALTAR
=356=. A HEALTH
=357.= HYMN SUNG AT THE COMPLETION OF THE CONCORD MONUMENT
=358.= DISAPPEARANCE OF WINTER
=359.= INSPIRATION OF DUTY
=360.= ON A SON LOST AT SEA
=361=. THE CHURCH OF SANTA CROCE, FLORENCE
=362.= MYTHOLOGY GIVES PLACE TO CHRISTIANITY
=363.= THE RED MAN'S HEAVEN
=364.= NATURE INSPIRES SENTIMENT
=365.= HAGAR IN THE WILDERNESS
=366.= UNSEEN SPIRITS
=367.= LINES TO RESIGNATION
=368.= THE WEDDING; THE LAUNCH; THE SHIP
=369.= SONG OF THE MOCKING-BIRD, AT SUNSET
=370.= HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE
=371.= THE LABORER
=372.= WHAT THE VOICE SAID
=373.= THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH
=374.= DESCRIPTION OF A SNOW STORM
=375.= THE QUAKER'S CREED
=376.= THE EVERLASTING HILLS
=377.= THE DUMB CREATION
=378.= THE LAST LEAF
=380.= AN INVITATION TO EARLY PIETY
=381.= A SONG
=382.= IMPORTANCE OF A NOBLE DEED
=383.= THE SPANIARDS' GRAVES AT THE ISLES OF SHOALS
=384.= "THE RAVEN."
=385.= AN AUTUMN LANDSCAPE
=386.= THE FALLS OF THE MONGAUP
=387.= LINES ON CROSSING THE ALLEGHANIES
=389.= THE PEACE OF FAITH
=390.= "ONLY A YEAR."
=391.= THE STATUE OF WASHINGTON
=392.= THE BLESSING OF SLEEP
=393.= "YE TAILYOR-MAN; A CONTEMPLATIVE BALLAD."
=394.= ANCIENT AND MODERN GHOSTS CONTRASTED
=396.= SONNET TO A CLAM
=397.= "THE DEATH-SUMMONS."
=398.= "THE RETURN TO ASHLAND.[85]"
=399.= THE HEART'S SONG
=400.= THE NORTH EDDA
=401.= THE BROOKLYN FERRY AT TWILIGHT
=402.= "THE BEREAVED."
=404.= ATTRACTIONS OF OUR EARLY HOME
=405.= THE POWER OF SONG
=407.= THE MOURNFUL MOWERS
=410.= MUSIC IN CAMP
=411.= THE OAK AN EMBLEM
=412.= DIRGE FOR A SAILOR
=414.= "THE BURDEN OF THE DAY." I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
=415.= "DOROTHY IN THE GARRET."
=416.= THE UNKNOWN DEAD
=417.= THE SEA-SHELL
=418.= "MAY NOON."
=419.= "LET ME REST."
=420.= "OCTOBER."
=421.= ANGEL WATCHERS
=422.= "ABSOLUTION."
=423.= THE MOUNTAINS
=424.= LONG AGO
=425.= "REGRET."
=427.= THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS
=428.= DICKENS IN CAMP
=429.= THE TWO SHIPS
=430.= "THE SERGEANT'S STORY."
=431.= THE PRAIRIE
=432.= THE FUTURE OF CALIFORNIA
=433.= "AGNES."
