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A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1870

A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1870

BY FRED LEWIS PATTEE

Professor of the English Language and Literature in the Pennsylvania State College. Author of "A History of American Literature," "The Poems of Philip Freneau," "The Foundations of English Literature," etc.

D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY INCORPORATED NEW YORK LONDON

Copyright, 1915, by The Century Co.

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PRINTED IN U. S. A.

TO DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND THE DARTMOUTH MEN OF THE EIGHTIES, STU­DENTS AND PROFESSORS, AMONG WHOM I FIRST AWOKE TO THE MEAN­ING OF LIT­ER­A­TURE AND OF LIFE, THIS BOOK IS IN­SCRIBED WITH FULL HEART.