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Four American Poets

Four American Poets

by Sherwin Cody

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Author
Cody, Sherwin, 1868-1959
Title
Four American poets : William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes : A book for young Americans
Original Publication
New York, NY: Werner School Book Company, 1899.
Credits
Jamie Brydone-Jack and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 76822
Release Date
September 4, 2025
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FOUR AMERICAN POETS
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.CONTENTS
  4. 4.THE STORY OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
  5. 5.BRYANT
  6. 6.CHAPTER I THE LOVE OF NATURE
  7. 7.CHAPTER II BRYANT’S CHILDHOOD
  8. 8.CHAPTER III WHAT THE BOYS DID WHEN BRYANT WAS YOUNG
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE YOUNG POET
  10. 10.CHAPTER V THANATOPSIS
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI BRYANT BECOMES A LAWYER
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII A LITERARY ADVENTURER
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII THE EDITOR OF A GREAT NEWSPAPER
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX HOW BRYANT BECAME RICH
  15. 15.CHAPTER X BRYANT AS AN ORATOR AND PROSE WRITER
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI OTHER EVENTS IN BRYANT’S LIFE
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII HONORS TO THE GREAT POET
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII LEARNING TO LOVE A POET — THE DEATH OF LINCOLN.
  19. 19.THE STORY OF HENRY W. LONGFELLOW
  20. 20.LONGFELLOW
  21. 21.CHAPTER I A GREAT POET
  22. 22.CHAPTER II LONGFELLOW’S ANCESTORS
  23. 23.CHAPTER III LONGFELLOW’S BOYHOOD — MR. FINNEY’S TURNIP
  24. 24.CHAPTER IV SOMETHING ABOUT THE TIMES WHEN LONGFELLOW WAS YOUNG
  25. 25.CHAPTER V COLLEGE DAYS
  26. 26.CHAPTER VI THE YOUNG PROFESSOR
  27. 27.CHAPTER VII THE “BEING BEAUTEOUS”
  28. 28.CHAPTER VIII THE CRAIGIE HOUSE
  29. 29.CHAPTER IX THE FIVE OF CLUBS
  30. 30.CHAPTER X LONGFELLOW BECOMES A FAMOUS POET — AS TRANSLATED FROM THE CHINESE.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XI HOW SOME OF THE GREAT POEMS WERE WRITTEN
  32. 32.CHAPTER XII THE POET’S SECOND MARRIAGE
  33. 33.CHAPTER XIII EVANGELINE, HIAWATHA, AND THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH
  34. 34.CHAPTER XIV THE GOOD OLD MAN
  35. 35.THE STORY OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
  36. 36.WHITTIER
  37. 37.CHAPTER I THE QUAKER OF THE OLDEN TIME
  38. 38.CHAPTER II A FARMER’S BOY
  39. 39.CHAPTER III WHITTIER’S FAMILY
  40. 40.CHAPTER IV STORIES OF THE POET’S CHILDHOOD
  41. 41.CHAPTER V SCHOOL DAYS
  42. 42.CHAPTER VI HAVERHILL ACADEMY
  43. 43.CHAPTER VII THE FRIENDSHIP OF GOOD WOMEN
  44. 44.CHAPTER VIII POLITICAL AMBITION
  45. 45.CHAPTER IX THE GREAT QUESTION OF SLAVERY
  46. 46.CHAPTER X HOW WHITTIER WAS MOBBED
  47. 47.CHAPTER XI SOME OF WHITTIER’S FAMOUS POEMS
  48. 48.CHAPTER XII THE END OF A SUCCESSFUL LIFE
  49. 49.THE STORY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES
  50. 50.HOLMES
  51. 51.CHAPTER I THE TRUE HUMORIST — THE HEIGHT OF THE RIDICULOUS
  52. 52.CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF OLIVER HOLMES
  53. 53.CHAPTER III AN AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT
  54. 54.CHAPTER IV CAMBRIDGE
  55. 55.CHAPTER V SCHOOL LIFE
  56. 56.CHAPTER VI COLLEGE LIFE
  57. 57.CHAPTER VII A BUDDING POET — OLD IRONSIDES.
  58. 58.CHAPTER VIII DOCTOR HOLMES
  59. 59.CHAPTER IX THE AUTOCRAT
  60. 60.CHAPTER X “THE FAMOUS CLASS OF ’29”
  61. 61.CHAPTER XI A FEW STRAY FACTS
  62. 62.CHAPTER XII THE END COMES — “THE AUTOCRAT”

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