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Bibliographic note.
An authoritative account of American Literature to the close of the Revolution is given in
M. C. Tyler's
History of American literature during the colonial time, 2 volumes (1878) and
Literary history of the American Revolution, 2 volumes (1897). For a general survey see
Barrett Wendell,
A literary history of America (1900),
W. P. Trent,
American literature (1903),
G. E. Woodberry,
America in literature (1903),
W. C. Bronson,
A short history of American literature (1903), with an excellent bibliography,
W. B. Cairns,
History of American literature (1912),
W. P. Trent and
J. Erskine,
Great American writers (1912), and
W. Riley,
American thought (1915). The most recent and authoritative account is to be found in
The Cambridge history of American literature, 3 volumes edited by
Trent,
Erskine,
Sherman, and
Van Doren.
The best collection of American prose and verse is
E. C. Stedman and
E. M. Hutchinson's
Library of American literature, 11 volumes (1888-1890). For verse alone, see
E. C. Stedman,
An American Anthology (1900), and
W. C. Bronson,
American poems, 1625-1892 (1912). For criticism of leading authors, note
W. C. Brownell,
American prose masters (1909), and
Stedman,
Poets of America (1885).
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Chapters 1-3.
Note
W. Bradford,
Journal (1898),
J. Winthrop,
Journal (1825, 1826), also
Life and letters by
R. C. Winthrop, 2 volumes (1863),
G. L. Walker,
Thomas Hooker (1891), 0.
S. Straus,
Roger Williams (1894), Cotton
Mather,
Diary, 2 volumes (1911, 1912), also his
Life by
Barrett Wendell (1891),
Samuel Sewall,
Diary, 3 volumes (1878). For
Jonathan Edwards, see
Works, 4 volumes (1852), his
Life by
A. V. G. Allen (1889),
Selected sermons edited by
H. N. Gardiner (1904). The most recent edition of
Franklin's
Works is edited by
A. H. Smyth, 10 volumes (1907).
Chapter 4.
Samuel Adams,
Works, 4 volumes (1904),
John Adams,
Works, 10 volumes (1856),
Thomas Paine,
Life by
M. D. Conway, 2 volumes (1892),
Works edited by
Conway, 4 volumes (1895),
Philip Freneau,
Poems, 3 volumes (
Princeton edition, 1902),
Thomas Jefferson,
Works edited by
P. L. Ford, 10 volumes (1892-1898),
J. Woolman,
Journal (edited by
Whittier, 1871, and also in
Everyman's Library), the Federalist (edited by
H. C. Lodge, 1888).
Chapter 5.
Washington Irving,
Works, 40 volumes (1891-1897), also his
Life and letters by
P. M. Irving, 4 volumes （1862-1864).
Fenimore Cooper,
Works, 32 volumes (1896),
Life by
T. R. Lounsbury (1883).
Brockden Brown,
Works, 6 volumes, (1887).
W. C. Bryant,
Poems, 2 volumes (1883),
Prose, 2 volumes (1884), and his
Life by
John Bigelow (1890).
Chapter 6.
H. C. Goddard,
Studies in New England Transcendentalism (1908).
R. W. Emerson,
Works, 12
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volumes (Centenary edition, 1903),
Journal, 10 volumes (1909-1914), his
Life by
J. E. Cabot, 2 volumes (1887), by
R. Garnett (1887), by
G. E. Woodberry (1905); see also
Ralph Waldo Emerson, a critical study by
O. W. Firkins (1915).
H. D. Thoreau,
Works, 20 volumes (Walden edition including
Journals, 1906),
Life by
F. B. Sanborn (1917), also
Thoreau, a critical study by Mark
van Doren (1916). Note also
Lindsay Swift,
Brook Farm (1900), and
The Dial, reprint by the
Rowfant Club (1902).
Chapter 7.
Hawthorne,
Works, 12 volumes (1882),
Life by
G. E. Woodberry (1902).
Longfellow,
Works, 11 volumes (1886),
Life by
Samuel Longfellow, 3 volumes (1891).
Whittier,
Works, 7 volumes (1892),
Life by
S. T. Pickard, 2 volumes (1894).
Holmes,
Works, 13 volumes (1892),
Life by
J. T. Morse, Jr. (1896).
Lowell,
Works, 11 volumes (1890),
Life by
Ferris Greenslet (1905),
Letters edited by
C. E. Norton, 2 volumes (1893). For the historians, note
H. B. Adams,
Life and writings of Jared Sparks, 2 volumes (1893).
M. A. DeW.
Howe,
Life and letters of George Bancroft, 2 volumes (1908),
G. S. Hillard,
Life, letters, and journals of George Ticknor, 2 volumes (1876),
George Ticknor,
Life of Prescott (1863), also
Rollo Ogden,
Life of Prescott (1904),
G. W. Curtis,
Correspondence of J. L. Motley, 2 volumes (1889), Francis Parkman,
Works, 12 volumes (1865-1898),
Life by
C. H. Farnham (1900),
J. F. Jameson,
History of historical writing in America (1891).
Chapter 8.
Poe,
Works, 10 volumes (
Stedman-
Woodberry edition, 1894-1895), also 17 volumes (
Virginia
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edition,
J. A. Harrison, 1902),
Life by
G. E. Woodberry, 2 volumes (1909).
Whitman,
Leaves of Grass and
Complete prose works (Small,
Maynard and Co.) (1897, 1898), also
John Burroughs,
A study of Whitman (1896).
Chapter 9.
C. Schurz,
Life of Henry Clay, 2 volumes (1887). Daniel Webster,
Works, 6 volumes (1851),
Life by
H. C. Lodge (1883).
Rufus Choate,
Works, 2 volumes (1862).
Wendell Phillips,
Speeches, lectures, and letters, 2 volumes (1892).
V. L. Garrison,
The story of his life told by his children, 4 volumes (1885-1889).
Harriet Beecher Stowe,
Works, 17 volumes (1897),
Life by
C. E. Stowe (1889).
Abraham Lincoln,
Works, 2 volumes (edited by
Nicolay and
Hay, 1894).
Chapter 10.
For an excellent bibliography of the
New National Period, see
F. L. Pattee,
A history of American literature since 1870 (1916).
For further bibliographical information the reader is referred to the articles on American authors in
The Encyclopedia Britannica and in
The Warner Library (volume 30,
The student's course,
N. Y., 1917).
