Statistics for occurrence #1 of “James Whitcomb Riley” in chapter 10, page 247 of Bliss Perry, The American spirit in lierature: a chronicle of great interpreters:
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Early in the seventies Edward Eggleston wrote and , faithful and moving presentations of genuine pioneer types which were destined to pass with the frontier settlements.
Soon James Whitcomb Riley was to sing of the next generation of Hoosiers, who frequented and rejoiced
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