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John Greenleaf Whittier (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from John Greenleaf Whittier Dear Sir, - ... I have had great pleasure in reading what my friend Mr. Whittier has written. He has done much to elevate the tone of public sentiment with you, and his services in your great struggle to free the colored portion of your population cannot be overestimated. It is a great gift to mankind when Providence sends us a true Poet whose genius is distinguished by the purity which is visible in, and...

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A Hand-Book of English Literature

Underwood, Francis Henry

Excerpt from A Hand-Book of English Literature: Intended for the Use of High Schools, as Well as a Companion and Guide for Private Students, and for General Readers It will be noticed that a few poems are printed at the end of the collection without preliminary biographical notes. These are such productions as the editor was unwilling to omit, but were either from authors who had not written much else suited to his purpose, or from those whos...

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James Russell Lowell

Underwood, Francis Henry

Excerpt from James Russell Lowell: A Biographical Sketch Poetry, in its essential quality, is disengaged from the products of the ordinary mental facul ties. It is something wholly apart, not a sum mary nor an epigram. It never expounds, comments, nor exhorts. It teaches, if it teaches at all, by what it suggests, by sub tile hints, and by apt parables. It is only a truism to say that poetry is the highest and rarest of the productions of min...

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Quabbin the Story of a Small Town With Outlooks Upon Puri...

Underwood, Francis Henry

Excerpt from Quabbin the Story of a Small Town With Outlooks Upon Puritan Life The valley and neighborhood have not essentially changed in the hundred and sixty years since their first settlement, for the natural features are too marked to be affected by the superficial touches Of man. Ploughs and axes do not disturb the eternal basis of landscape and a few houses more, or a few trees less, do not matter. The hill that rises south Of the vil...

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Man Proposes

Underwood, Francis Henry

Excerpt from Man Proposes: A Novel Prescott Co. Were selling-agents for a number of manufacturing companies, and carried on an immense business. The senior, Hugh Prescott, had a private room in one corner of the first ¿oor, and the junior, Adolphus Gibbs, had a simi lar room opposite. In earlier days they had worked together: it was not so now. Mr. Gibbs had of late taken charge of the correspondence, and employed as private secretary Robert ...

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The Poet and the Man

Underwood, Francis Henry

The Poet and the Man is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes the...

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The Builders of American Literature

Underwood, Francis Henry

Excerpt from The Builders of American Literature: Biographical Sketches of American Authors Born Previous to 1826 AS in the case of the brief Sketches, the Historical Introduction, copied in part from the former Hand Book, has been newly written in view of the ideas and tastes of to-day. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduc...

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John Greenleaf Whittier

Underwood, Francis Henry

John Greenleaf Whittier - A Biography is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1884. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres.As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature.Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newl...