Four Famous American Writers: Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, James Russell Lowell, Bayard Taylor A Book for Young Americans

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Author

Cody, Sherwin, 1868-1959

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Deirdre_ca and PG Distributed Proofreaders

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Taylor, Bayard, 1825-1878

Category

Text

eBook-No.

11249

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11249

Release Date

February 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE STORY OF BAYARD TAYLOR
3. 3.THE STORY OF WASHINGTON IRVING
4. 4.CHAPTER I — HIS CHILDHOOD — CHAPTER II — IRVING'S FIRST VOYAGE UP THE HUDSON RIVER — CHAPTER III — A TRIP TO MONTREAL — CHAPTER IV — IRVING GOES TO EUROPE — CHAPTER V — "SALMAGUNDI" — CHAPTER VI — "DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER" — CHAPTER VII — A COMIC HISTORY OF NEW YORK — CHAPTER VIII — FIVE UNEVENTFUL YEARS — CHAPTER IX — FRIENDSHIP WITH SIR WALTER SCOTT — CHAPTER X — "RIP VAN WINKLE" — CHAPTER XI — LITERARY SUCCESS IN ENGLAND — CHAPTER XII — IRVING GOES TO SPAIN — CHAPTER XIII — "THE ALHAMBRA" — CHAPTER XIV — THE LAST YEARS OF IRVING'S LIFE
5. 5.THE STORY OF EDGAR ALLAN POE — CHAPTER I — THE ARTIST IN WORDS — CHAPTER II — POE'S FATHER AND MOTHER — CHAPTER III — YOUNG EDGAR ALLAN — CHAPTER IV — COLLEGE LIFE — CHAPTER V — FORTUNE CHANGES — CHAPTER VI — LIVING BY LITERATURE — CHAPTER VII — POE'S EARLY POETRY — CHAPTER VIII — POE'S CHILD WIFE — CHAPTER IX — POE'S LITERARY HISTORY — CHAPTER X — POE AS A STORY-WRITER — CHAPTER XI — HOW "THE RAVEN" WAS WRITTEN — CHAPTER XII — MUSIC AND POETRY — CHAPTER XIII — POE'S LATER YEARS
6. 6.THE STORY OF JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL — CHAPTER I — ELMWOOD — CHAPTER II — AN IMPETUOUS YOUNG MAN — CHAPTER III — COLLEGE AND THE MUSES — CHAPTER IV — HOW LOWELL STUDIED LAW — CHAPTER V — LOVE AND LETTERS — CHAPTER VI — THE UNCERTAIN SEAS OF LITERATURE — CHAPTER VII — HOSEA BIGLOW, YANKEE HUMORIST — CHAPTER VIII — PARSON WILBUR — CHAPTER IX — A FABLE FOR CRITICS — CHAPTER X — THE TRUEST POETRY — CHAPTER XI — PROFESSOR, EDITOR, AND DIPLOMAT
7. 7.THE STORY OF BAYARD TAYLOR — CHAPTER I — HIS BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD — CHAPTER II — SCHOOL LIFE — CHAPTER III — HIS FIRST POEM — CHAPTER IV — SELF-EDUCATION AND AMBITION — CHAPTER V — A TRAVELER AT NINETEEN — CHAPTER VI — TWO YEARS IN EUROPE FOR FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS — CHAPTER VII — THE HARDSHIP OF TRAMP TRAVEL — CHAPTER VIII — HIS FIRST LOVE AND GREATEST SORROW — CHAPTER IX — "THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAVELER" — CHAPTER X — HIS POETRY — CHAPTER XI — "POEMS OF THE ORIENT" — CHAPTER XII — BAYARD TAYLOR'S FRIENDSHIPS — CHAPTER XIII — LAST YEARS

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