Excerpt from American Literature

In placing this little work before the public it is confidently hoped that it will encourage its readers and especially its younger readers - to become more intimately acquainted with the works of the best American authors. It is also hoped that, by making the study of the subject both easy and attractive, the task of teachers and of others intrusted with the duty of forming and guiding the literary tastes of young people will be somewhat lightened.

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