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Four American poets

Subtitle: William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, Oliver Wendell Holmes: A book for young Americans

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FOUR AMERICAN POETS THE STORY OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

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THE STORY OF HENRY W. LONGFELLOW

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THE STORY OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

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THE STORY OF OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

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

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