Choice Specimens of American Literature
CHAPTER I. RELIGIOUS WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND
EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.
- Roger Williams, 1598-1683. (Manual, pp. 480, 512.)
- Cotton Mather, 1663-1728. (Manual pp. 479, 512.)
- Jonathan Edwards, 1703-1758. (Manual, p. 479.)
- Samuel Davies, 1725-1761. (Manual, p. 480.)
- Nathaniel Emmons,[1] 1745-1840.
- HISTORICAL WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND
EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.
- Cadwallader Colden,[2] 1688-1776.
- William Stith, 1755. (Manual, p. 490.)
- William Smith, 1793. (Manual, p. 490.)
- MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH AND
EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES.
- John Winthrop, 1587-1649. (Manual, p. 490.)
- William Byrd,[4] 1674-1744.
- Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790. (Manual, pp. 478,
486.)
- LATER RELIGIOUS WRITERS AND DIVINES.
- John Woolman,[5] 1720-1772.
- John M. Mason,[6] 1770-1829.
- Timothy Dwight, 1752-1817. (Manual, pp. 479, 504.)
- John Henry Hobart,[7] 1775-1830.
- Lyman Beecher,[8] 1775-1803.
- William Ellery Channing, 1780-1842. (Manual, p.
480.)
- Manning.
- Edward Payson, 1733-1827, (Manual, p. 480.)
- Joseph S. Buckminster, 1784-1812. (Manual, p.
480.)
- Nathaniel W. Taylor[9] 1781-1871.
- Edward Hitchcock, 1793-1804. (Manual, p. 532.)
- John P. Durbin,[10] 1800.
- Leonard Bacon, 1802. (Manual, p, 480.)
- James W. Alexander, 1804-1859. (Manual, p. 480.)
- Martin John Spaulding,[11] 1810-1872.
- James Henry Thornwell,[13] 1811-1862.
- Charles P. McIlvaine,[14] 1799-1873.
- George W. Bethune, 1805-1862. (Manual, p. 487.)
- William R. Williams,[15] 1804. (Manual, p. 480.)
- George B. Cheever, 1807-(Manual, pp. 480, 490.)
- Horace Bushnell, 1804- (Manual, p, 480.)
- Albert Taylor Bledsoe,[16] about 1809-
- Richard Fuller,[17] 1808-
- Henry Ward Beecher, 1813- (Manual, p. 480.)
- John McClintock,[18] 1814-1870.
- Noah Porter,[19] 1811-
- William Henry Milburn,[20] 1823-
- ORATORS, AND LEGAL AND POLITICAL WRITERS, OF THE
ERA OF THE REVOLUTION.
- John Dickinson, 1732-1808. (Manual, p. 486.)
- John Adams, 1735-1826. (Manual, p. 486.)
- Patrick Henry, 1736-1799. (Manual, p. 484.)
- John Rutledge, 1739-1800. (Manual, p. 484.)
- Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826. (Manual, pp. 486,
490.)
- John Jay, 1745-1829. (Manual, pp. 484, 486.)
- Alexander Hamilton, 1757-1804. (Manual, pp. 484,
486.)
- Fisher Ames, 1738-1808. (Manual, p. 487.)
- Gouverneur Morris, 1752-1816. (Manual, p. 484.)
- William Pinkney,[21] 1764-1820.
- James Madison, 1751-1836. (Manual, p. 486.)
- John Randolph, 1773-1832. (Manual, p. 487.)
- James Kent, 1763-1847. (Manual, pp. 488, 504.)
- Edward Livingston,[22] 1764-1836.
- John Quincy Adams, 1767-1848. (Manual, pp. 487,
504.)
- Henry Clay, 1777-1832. (Manual, p. 486.)
- John C. Calhoun, 1782-1850. (Manual, p. 486.)
- Daniel Webster, 1782-1852. (Manual, pp. 478, 486.)
- Joseph Story, 1779-1845. (Manual, pp. 487, 531.)
- Lewis Cass,[23] 1782-1866.
- Rufus Choate, 1799-1859. (Manual, p. 487.)
- William H. Seward,[24] 1801-1872.
- Abraham Lincoln,[25] 1809-1865.
- Charles Sumner, 1811-1874. (Manual, p. 487.)
- Alexander H. Stephens,[26] 1812-.
- BIOGRAPHICAL WRITERS.
- Benjamin Rush,[27] 1743-1813.
- John Marshall, 1755-1835. (Manual, p. 490.)
- John Armstrong,[28] 1759-1843.
- Charles Caldwell,[29] 1772-1853.
- Thomas H. Benton, 1783-1858. (Manual, p. 487.)
- Alexander Slidell Mackenzie, 1803-1845. (Manual,
pp. 490, 505.)
- I.F.H. Claiborne,[31] About 1804-.
- George Washington Greene,[32] 1811-.
- James Parton, 1822-. (Manual, pp. 490, 532.)
- HISTORY, GENERAL AND SPECIAL.
- John Heckewelder,[33] 1743-1823.
- Jeremy Belknap, 1744-1798. (Manual, p. 490.)
- David Ramsay, 1749-1815. (Manual, p. 491.)
- Henry Lee,[34] 1736-1818.
- Peter S. Duponceau,[36] 1760-1844.
- Charles J. Ingersoll,[37] 1782-1862.
- Henry M. Brackenridge,[38] 1786-. (Manual, p.
505.)
- Gulian C. Verplanck, 1786-1870. (Manual, p. 487.)
- John W. Francis, 1789-1861. (Manual, pp. 487,
532.)
- William, Meade, 1789-1862.
- Jared Sparks, 1794-1866. (Manual, p. 490.)
- William H. Prescott, 1796-1859. (Manual, p. 494.)
- George Bancroft, 1800-. (Manual, pp. 487, 491,
531.)
- J.G.M. Ramsey,[40] about 1800-.
- Charles Gayarre, 1805-. (Manual, p. 490.)
- Brantz Mayer, 1809-. (Manual, p. 490.)
- Albert James Pickett,[41] 1858-. (Manual, p. 490.)
- Charles Wentworth Upham, 1802 (Manual, pp. 490,
532.)
- John Lothrop Motley, 1814-. (Manual, p. 532.)
- Alexander B. Meek,[42] 1814-1865. (Manual, p.
523.)
- Abel Stevens,[43] 1815-.
- Francis Parkman, 1823-. (Manual, pp. 496, 505.)
- John Gilmary Shea,[44] 1824-.
- John Gorham Palfrey, 1796-. (Manual, pp. 504,
532.)
CHAPTER II. ESSAYISTS, MORALISTS, AND REFORMERS.
- Joseph Dennie, 1768-1812. (Manual, p. 497.)
- William Gaston,[46] 1778-1844.
- Jesse Buel, 1778-1839. (Manual, p. 504.)
- Robert Walsh, 1784-1859. (Manual, p. 504.)
- Thomas S. Grimke,[47] 1786-1834.
- Henry C. Carey, 1793-. (Manual, p. 504.)
- Edmund Ruffin, 1793-1863.
- Francis Wayland, 1796-1865. (Manual, pp. 487, 502,
504.)
- Horace Mann, 1796-1859. (Manual, p. 532.)
- Orestes A. Brownson, 1800-. (Manual, p. 480.)
- Theodore Dwight Woolsey, 1801-.
- Taylor Lewis, 1802-.[48]
- Horace Greeley,[50] 1811-1873.
- Theodore Parker, about 1812-1860. (Manual, p.
531.)
- Wendell Phillips,[51] 1811-.
- Thomas Starr King, 1824-1864. (Manual, p. 532.)
CHAPTER III. GENERAL AND POLITE LITERATURE.
- William Wirt, 1772-1834. (Manual, pp. 487, 490.)
- Timothy Flint, 1780-1840. (Manual, p. 490.)
- Washington Irving, 1783-1839. (Manual, pp. 478,
498.)
- Richard Henry Wilde, 1789-1847. (Manual, pp. 501,
521.)
- George Ticknor, 1791-1871. (Manual, p. 502.)
- James Hall, 1793-1868. (Manual, p. 510.)
- Henry R. Schoolcraft, 1793-1864. (Manual, p. 504.)
- Edward Everett, 1794-1865. (Manual, pp. 487, 531.)
- Hugh S. Legare, 1797-1843. (Manual, p. 487.)
- Francis L. Hawks, 1798-1866. (Manual, p. 480.)
- George P. Marsh, 1801-. (Manual, p. 532.)
- George H. Calvert, 1803-. (Manual pp. 503, 505.)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803- (Manual pp. 478, 503,
531.)
- John Russell Bartlett, 1805-.
- Nathaniel Parker Willis, 1807-1867. (Manual, pp.
504, 519.)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-. (Manual, pp.
503, 505.)
- Henry Reed, 1808-1854. (Manual, p. 501.)
- Caroline M. Kirkland, 1808-1864. (Manual, p. 484.)
- Margaret Fuller Ossoli, 1810-1850. (Manual, p.
502.)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-. (Manual, p. 520.)
- John William Draper,[52] 1810-.
- James Russell Lowell, 1810-. (Manual, pp. 503,
520.)
- Edgar Allen Poe, 1811-1849. (Manual, p. 510.)
- Henry T. Tuckerman, 1813-.
- H.N. Hudson, 1814-. (Manual, pp. 480, 501.)
- Mary Henderson Eastman,[53] about 1815-.
- Mary E. Moragne,[54] 1815-.
- Richard H. Dana, Jr., 1815-. (Manual, p. 504.)
- Evert A. Duyckinck, 1816—. (Manual, p. 502.)
- Horace Binney Wallace,[55] 1817-1852.
- Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862. (Manual, p. 532.)
- Elisabeth F. Ellett, 1818-. (Manual, pp. 484,
490.)
- James Jackson Jarves, 1818-. (Manual, p. 531.)
- Edwin P. Whipple, 1819-. (Manual, p. 501.)
- Jane T.L. Worthington,-1847. (Manual, p. 524.)
- Alice Cary, 1820-1871. (Manual, p. 484.)
- Donald G. Mitchell, 1822-. (Manual, pp. 504, 531.)
- Richard Grant White,[56] 1822-.
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1823-. (Manual, p.
531).
- Charles Godfrey Leland,[57] 1824.
- George William Curtis, 1824-. (Manual, p. 504.)
- John L. McConnell, 1826-. (Manual, p. 510.)
- Sarah J. Lippincott,[58] about 1833-. (Manual p.
484.)
- Francis Bret Harte,[59] 1837-.
- William Dean Howells, 1837-. (Manual, p. 531.)
- Mary Abigail Dodge,[60] 1838-.
- LATER MISCELLANEOUS WRITERS.
- George Washington[61], 1732-1799.
- Matthew F. Maury,[62] 1806-1873.
- Ormsby M. Mitchell,[63] 1810-1862.
- WRITERS ON NATURAL HISTORY, SCENERY, &c.
- William Bartram, 1739-1813. (Manual, p. 490.)
- Alexander Wilson, 1766-1813. (Manual, p. 504.)
- Stephen Elliott,[64] 1771-1830.
- John James Audubon, 1776-1851. (Manual, p. 504.)
- Daniel Drake,[65] 1785-1852.
- John Bachman,[66] 1790-1873.
- J. A. Lapham.[67]
- Charles Wilkins Webber, 1819-1856. (Manual, p.
505.)
- Charles Lanman, 1819-. (Manual, p. 505.)
- Ephraim C. Squier, 1821-. (Manual, p. 504.)
- Benjamin Silliman, 1779-1864. (Manual, p. 505.)
- John L. Stephens, 1808-1852. (Manual, p. 504.)
- John Charles Fremont, 1813-. (Manual, p. 505.)
- Bayard Taylor, 1825-. (Manual, pp. 505, 523, 531.)
- NOVELISTS AND WRITERS OF FICTION.
- Charles Brockden Brown, 1771-1810. (Manual, pp.
478, 505.)
- Washington Allston, 1779-1843. (Manual, pp. 504,
510.)
- James K. Paulding, 1779-1860. (Manual, p. 510.)
- James Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851. (Manual, pp.
478, 495, 506.)
- Catharine M. Sedgwick, 1789-1867. (Manual, p.
484.)
- John Neal, 1793-. (Manual, p. 510.)
- John Pendleton Kennedy, 1795-1870. (Manual, pp.
490, 510.)
- William Ware, 1797-1852. (Manual, p. 510.)
- Lydia Maria Child, 1802-. (Manual, p. 434.)
- Robert M. Bird, 1803-1854. (Manual, p. 510.)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne, about 1805-1864. (Manual, pp.
505, 508.)
- William Gilmore Simms, 1806-1870. (Manual, pp.
490, 510.)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1812-. (Manual, p. 484.)
- Maria J. McIntosh, 1815-. (Manual, p. 484.)
- Catharine Anne Warfield,[70] 1817-.
- Herman Melville, 1819-. (Manual, p. 505.)
- Josiah Gilbert Holland, 1819-.
- John Esten Cooke,[71] 1830-.
- Sarah A. Dorsey,[72] about 1835-.
- Anne Moncure Crane.[73]
- Mary Clemmer Ames,[74] about 1837-.
CHAPTER IV. POETS.
- Francis Hopkinson,[75] 1737-1791.
- John Trumbull, 1750-1831. (Manual, pp. 490, 512.)
- Philip Freneau, 1752-1832. (Manual, pp. 486, 511.)
- Samuel J. Smith,[77] 1771-1835.
- William Clifton, 1772-1790. (Manual, p. 512.)
- John Blair Linn,[78] 1777-1804.
- Francis S. Key, 1779-1843. (Manual, p. 523.)
- Washington Alston, 1779-1843. (Manual, pp. 504.
510.)
- John Pierpont, 1785-1866. (Manual, p. 513.)
- James G. Percival, 1786-1856. (Manual, p. 515.)
- Richard H. Dana, 1787-. (Manual, pp. 501, 504,
514.)
- Richard Henry Wilde, 1789-. (Manual, pp. 521,
501.)
- James A. Hillhouse, 1789-1844. (Manual, p. 487.)
- John M. Harney,[79] 1789-1855.
- Charles Sprague, 1791-. (Manual, p. 514.)
- Lydia H. Sigourney, 1791-1865. (Manual, pp. 484,
523.)
- William O. Sutler,[80] 1793-.
- William Cullen Bryant, 1794-. (Manual, pp. 487,
524.)
- Maria Brooks, 1795-1845. (Manual, p. 523.)
- Joseph Rodman Drake, 1795-1820. (Manual, p. 517.)
- Fitz-Greene Halleck, 1795-1869. (Manual, p. 515.)
- John G.C. Brainard, 1796-1828. (Manual, p. 523.)
- Robert C. Sands, 1799-1832. (Manual, p. 504.)
- George W. Doane, 1799-1859. (Manual, p. 523.)
- George P. Morris, 1801-1864. (Manual, p. 523.)
- George D. Prentice, 1802-1869. (Manual, p. 487.)
- Charles Constantine Pise, 1802-1866. (Manual, p.
532.)
- Elijah P. Lovejoy,[81] 1802-1816.
- Edward Coate Pinkney, 1802-1828. (Manual, p. 521.)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-. (Manual, pp. 478, 503,
531.)
- Thomas C. Upham,[82] 1799-1873.
- Jacob Leonard Martin,[83] 1803-1848.
- Geo. W. Bethune, 1803-1862. (Manual, p. 487.)
- Charles Fenno Hoffman, 1806-. (Manual, pp. 487,
505, 519.)
- William Gilmore Simms, 1806-1870. (Manual, pp.
523, 490, 510.)
- Nathaniel Parker Willis, 1807-1867. (Manual, pp.
504, 519.)
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-. (Manual, pp.
503, 505, 519, 531.)
- William D. Gallagher, 1808-. (Manual, p. 523.)
- John G. Whittier, 1808-. (Manual, pp. 490, 522.)
- Albert Pike, 1809-. (Manual, p. 523.)
- Anne C. Lynch Botta.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-. (Manual, pp. 478,
520.)
- Willis Gaylord Clark, 1810-1841. (Manual, pp. 503,
523.)
- James Russell Lowell, 1819-. (Manual, p. 520.)
- Edgar Allen Poe. (Manual, p. 510.)
- Alfred B. Street, 1811-. (Manual, pp. 522, 531.)
- Laura M.H. Thurston, 1812-1842. (Manual, P. 524.)
- Francis S. Osgood, 1812-1850 (Manual, p. 523.)
- Harriet Beecher Stowe. (Manual, p. 484.)
- Henry T. Tuckerman.
- John G. Saxe, 1816-. (Manual, p. 523, 531.)
- Lucy Hooper, 1816-1841. (Manual, p. 524.)
- Catharine Ann Warfield.
- Arthur Cleveland Coxe, 1818-. (Manual, p. 523.)
- William Ross Wallace, 1819-. (Manual, p. 523.)
- Walter Whitman, 1819-.[86]
- Amelia B. Welby, 1819-1852. (Manual, p. 523.)
- Rebecca S. Nichols, about 1820-. (Manual, pp. 503,
524.)
- Alice Cary.
- Sidney Dyer,[87] about 1820-.
- Austin T. Earle,[89] 1821-.
- Thomas Buchanan Read, 1822-1872. (Manual, p. 523.)
- Margaret M. Davidson, 1823-1837. (Manual, p. 523.)
- John R. Thompson,[90] 1823-1873.
- George Henry Boker, 1824-. (Manual, p. 520.)
- William Allen Butler, 1825-. (Manual, p. 521.)
- Bayard Taylor, 1825-. (Manual, pp. 523, 531.)
- John Townsend Trowbridge,[91] 1827-.
- Henry Timrod,[92] 1829-1867.
- Susan A. Talley Von Weiss,[93] about 1830-.
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- Albert Sutliffe,[94] 1830-.
- Elijah E. Edwards,[95] 1831-.
- Paul Hamilton Hayne,[96] 1831-.
- Rosa V. Johnson Jeffrey[97] about 1832-.
- Sarah J. Lippincott.
- Edmund Clarence Stedman,[98] 1833-.
- John James Piatt,[99] 1835-.
- Celia Thaxter,[100] 1835-.
- Theophilus H. Hill.[101] 1836-.
- Thomas Hailey Aldrich.[102] 1836-.
- Francis Bret Harte.
- Charles Dimitry,[103] 1838-.
- John Hay.[104]
- Joaquin Miller.[105]
- Joel Chandler Harris,[106] 1846-.
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