Excerpt from John Greenleaf WhittierThis work was undertaken with the approval of Mr. Whittier, and in its preparation the author has received valuable assistance from relatives and friends of the poet. It is not intended as a critical Study, but as a friendly guide and interpreter. The subject of the memoir is presented as a man as well as poet, and his public services and character are set forth with as much detail as is deemed proper. The letters now for the first time printed, and the early poems reproduced, have Mr. Whittier's sanction.About 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 repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.