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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 8 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
olonies. Then came the Revolution, the sum total of its effects being a powerful factor in the rise to leadership of Philadelphia. Bell was ably succeeded by Robert Aitken. When Jeremy Belknap of Massachusetts was seeking a publisher in 1782, Ebenezer Hazard, an authority for the period, pronounced Aitken the best publisher in AAitken the best publisher in America. He was followed by Mathew Carey, one of the greatest publishers, all things considered in their true historical perspective, yet produced by this country. But while Philadelphia was thus climbing to pre-eminence and weathering the Revolution, with its marked emphasis on publications of a purely utilitarian and controveer won his place in publishing annals by his three editions of the Bible, in 1743, 1762, and 1776. Not until 1782 was our first Bible in English published, by Robert Aitken at Philadelphia. But even more remarkable than Sower's editions of the Bible was the issue of Van Bragt's Martyr Book by the Ephrata brethren in 1748 and 749,
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
the, 286 Adolescence, 422 Adrea, 281, 282 Adventures of Francois, the, 90, 91 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the, 16 Adventures of James Capen Adams of California, the, 153 Adventures in Patagonia, 155 Adventures in the wilderness, 163 Adventures in Zuñi, 159 Aeschylus, 460 Aesop, 634 After the ball, 513 After the War, 352 Against Midias, 465 Agamemnon, 460, 465 Agassiz, Louis, 112, 209, 250, 251, 416 Aids to reflection, 228 Aiken, Albert W., 66 Aitken, Robert, 535, 536 Akers, Elizabeth, 312 Alabama, 283 Alaska, 167 Alaska and the Klondike, 167 Alaska, 1899, 166 Albee, 264 n. Alcestis, 461 Alcott, A. Bronson, 403, 404, 415, 525, 527, 528, 529, 532 Alcott, Louisa M., 404 Alden, H. M., 309, 312 Aldrich, T. B., 5, 7, 31, 34-38, 40, 41, 43, 44, 86, 267, 307, 419, 581 Alemannische Gedichte, 585 Alexandria (Theological Seminary), 219 Alfieri, 450, 460 Alice of Old Vincennes, 91 Aliens, 420 Allen, A. V. G., 220