New England, settlement of, 15; popu-
lar education, 16; causes of literary
eminence, 17, 100.
News Letter, 34.
North American Review, 99.
Osgood, Francis Sargent, 94.
Ossoli, Margaret Fuller, 91.
Page, Thomas Nelson, 255.
Paine, Thomas, 59.
Palfrey, James Gorham, 94.
Paulding, James K., 91.
Percival, James Gates, 92.
Philosophy, influence of, 264.
Plymouth, settlement of, 11.
Poe, Edgar Allan, sketch of, 150; diffi-
culty in forming estimate, 150; pecu-
liar place in literature, 150; ancestry,
150; early training, 151; in England,
151; at University of Virginia, 152;
seeking his fortune, 152; in the army,
153; at West Point, 153; his poetic
principle, 154; "Al Aaraaf" and "Is-
rafel," 154; imitates Moore and Byron,
155; "A MS. Found in a Bottle," 156;
Southern Literary Messenger, 156; as
critic, 156; "Arthur Gordon Pym,"
157; The Gentleman's Magazine, 157;
quarrel with Burton, 157; edits Gra-
ham's Magazine, 158; violent criti-
cism, 158; Griswold's description,
159; critique of his tales, 159; Even-
ing Mirror, 160; "The Raven," 160;
Broadway Journal, 160; "Literati of
New York," 160; principal poems,
161; personal traits, 162; devotion to
his wife, 162; " 'Eureka," 163; esti-
mate of, 163.
Poetry, present tendency, 269.
Prescott, William Hickling, 94.
Press, periodical, 99; influence of, 260.
Preston, Margaret J., 258.
Puritans, 15.
Read, Thomas Buchanan, 95.
Realism, 265
Religion, influence of, 263.
Revolution, leaders of, 61; causes, 62;
justice, 64.
Revolutionary Period, 61; political lit-
erature, 63; other literature, 68.
Riley, James Whitcomb, 257.
Roe, Edward Payson, 255.
Romanticism, 264.
Ryan, Abram J., 257.
Sandys, George, 9.
Saxe, John Godfrey, 94.
Science, advance of, 101.
Scudder, Horace E., 256.
Second Colonial Period, 33.
Second National Period, 259.
Sedgwick, Catharine Maria, 93.
Sewall, Samuel, 31.
Sigourney, Lydia Huntley, 93.
Simms, William Gilmore, 93.
Slavery, 103.
Smith, Captain John, romantic life and
character, 20; early years, 20; roving
adventure, 21; experiences in Mediter-
ranean, 21; fights against Turks, 21;
capture and escape, 21; at Jamestown,
22; rescued by Pocahontas, 22; acci-
dent, 23; testimony of companions,
23; voyage to New England, 23; list
of works, 23; summary of his life, 24;
estimate of, 24.
Social progress, 263.
Spotswood, Governor, 13.
State Rights, 103.
Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 253.
Stith, William, 31.
Stockton, Frank R., 254.
Stoddard, Richard Henry, 253.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 95.
Strachey, William, 9.'
Tallyrand, quoted, 88.
Taylor, Bayard, 95.
Terhune, Mary V., 256.
Thackeray, quoted, 108.
Thaxter, Celia, 258.
Thomas, Edith M., 258.
Thompson, James, quoted, 2.
Thompson, Maurice, 257.
Thoreau, Henry David, 91.
Timrod, Henry, 257.
Transcendentalism, 105, 170.
Trowbridge, J. T., 254.
Unitarian controversy, 104.
United States, growth of, 97.
Virginia, settlement of, 12; literary con-
ditions, 13.
Wallace, Lewis, 255.
War of 1812, 67.
Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, 255.
Ware, William, 92.
Warner, Charles Dudley, 120, 254.
Washington, first president, 67.
Whipple, E. P., 254.
White, Richard Grant, 254.
Whitman, Walt, 94.
Whitney, A. D. T., 256.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, sketch of, 225;
Quaker ancestry, 225; self-made, 225;
"The Barefoot Boy," 225; influence
of Burns, 226; acquaintance with Gar
rison, 226; at school, 226; editor New
England Weekly Review, 227; anti-
slavery labors, 227; Pennsylvania
Freeman, 228; "Voices of Freedom,"
228; "Mogg Megone," etc., 229; dem-
ocratic sympathies, 229; "Songs of
Labor," 229; early romance, 230; a
bard of faith, 230; National Era, 231;
"The Last Walk in Autumn," 231;
"Margaret Smith's Journal," etc., 232;
"Home Ballads, Poems, and Lyrics,"
232; In War Time," 233; "Barbara
Frietchie," 234; "Snow-Bound," 234;/
"The Tent on the Beach," 236; old
age, 236; critique, 237; character, 237.
Wilde, Richard Henry, 93.
William and Mary College, 14.
Willis, Nathaniel P., 93.
Winsor, Justin, 12.
Winthrop, John, 9.
Wirt, William, 59.
Women as writers, 267.
Woodworth, Samuel, 92.
Woolson, Constance Fenimore, 255.
"Yankee Doodle," 69.
De Quincey Revolt of the Tartars
De Quincey-Joan of Arc, and other selections
Dryden Palamon and Arcite .
Dryden, Burns, Wordsworth, and Browning (selections)
Milton - L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas
Translation of the Iliad, Books I, VI, XXII, and XXIV
The Students' Series of English Classics.
Frank T. Baker, Teachers' College, New York City.
Katharine Lee Bates, Wellesley College.
Henry H. Belfield, Chicago Manual Training School.
Henry W. Boynton, Phillips Andover Academy.
Gamaliel Bradford, Jr., Instructor in English, Wellesley and Boston. James Chalmers, Port Huron, Mich.
Albert S. Cook, Yale University.
Caroline Ladd Crew, Friends' School, Wilmington, Del.
W. W. Curtis, Principal of High School, Pawtucket, R.I.
James M. Garnett, Baltimore, Md.
Warren F. Gregory, West Newton, Mass.
Reuben Post Halleck, M.A. (Yale), Boys' High School, Louisville, Ky.
Louise M. Hodgkins, Auburndale, Mass.
Fannie M. McCauley, Winchester School, Baltimore.
W. F. Mozier, High School, Ottawa, Ill.
Mary Harriott Norris, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.
Warwick J. Price, Late of St. Paul's School.
J. G. Riggs, Superintendent of Schools, Plattsburg, N.Y.
A. S. Roe, Worcester, Mass.
Fred N. Scott, University of Michigan.
Vida D. Scudder, Wellesley College.
Charles Maurice Stebbins, High School, Salt Lake City, Utah.
L. DuPont Syle, University of California.
Isaac Thomas, Principal of High School, Burlington, Vt.
James Arthur Tufts, Phillips Exeter Academy.
George A. Watrous, Utica Free Academy, Utica, N.Y.
William K. Wickes, Principal of High School, Syracuse, N.Y.
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