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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 was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This w...

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Excerpt from A History of American Literature Since 1870It has been our object to determine this new period and to study its distinguishing characteristics. We have divided the literary history of the century into three periods, denominating them as the Knickerbocker Period, the New England Period, and the National Period, and we have made the last to begin shortly after the close of the Civil War with those new forces and new ideals and broad...

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Excerpt from Side-Lights on American LiteratureSunday supplement, just as a generation before The Atlantic Monthly had purchased for a year the pen of Bret Harte. Then at the height of his powers suddenly he vanished: dead at forty-eight. He had come like a comet, he had filled the whole sky, he had disappeared like a comet.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenb...

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Excerpt from Reading Courses in American LiteratureFrequent inquiries by members of reading circles, by college students, and others, for a systematic course of reading in the American Classics have led the author to the publication of the following pages, originally prepared for use with his elective courses. The value of systematic reading need not be dwelt upon, and the inability of the average reader to select his own path needs no comment...

Excerpt from Pasquaney: A StudyThe author has taken the liberty to depart from the old nomenclature in several instances. He has used, throughout, Pasquaney, for the more orthodox New found. He is, of course, aware that such a course is perilous, and yet, no one can be offended, and few be misled. Cliff Isle has been used instead of the disgust ing Hog Island, and the long tongue of land extend ing from Crescent Beach' toward Belle Isle has be...

Excerpt from The Poems of Philip Freneau, Vol. 2: Poet of the American Revolution, Edited for the Princeton Historical AssociationAbout the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repai...

Excerpt from The Breaking-Point: A NovelSunday evening audience had left the church. As he groped his way through the dim passage to the pastor's room, where he had left his coat and hat, it came Upon him overwhelmingly that his evening and his week and indeed his whole pastorate had been a failure. What's the use? His lips were forming the words almost automatically. Why throw one's work away? Why preach at all?About the PublisherForgotten Bo...