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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.) 4 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)
an manuscript. I have returned scores, if not hundreds, of manuscripts of American authors, unopened even, simply from the fact that it is impossible to make the books of most American authors pay, unless they are first published and acquire recognition through the columns of the magazines. Against such an adverse current, American authorship was slowly winning its way. In 1829, it is asserted no author of belles-lettres was living by his pen in New York. The lives of Richard Dabney, Percival, See Book II, Chap. V. and Halleck Ibid. throw a strong light upon the rewards of authorship during the first four decades of the century. The first two men, though possessed of a thin strain of genius, were constantly in desperate straits on Grub Street. Halleck, in spite of some aspects of popularity, received for the entire labours of a literary lifetime but $17,500, or approximately $364 a year. Irving See Book II, Chap. IV. and Cooper See Book II, Chap. VI. had other fin
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)
2 Peary, Josephine D., 170 Peary, R. E., 169 Peffer, Senator, 357 Peg oa My heart, 295 Peirce, Benjamin, 233, 242, 462 Peirce, C. S., 236, 239, 241-44, 246, 247, 251 257, 265 Pemberton, Ebenezer, 534 Pendennis, 294 Penicault, 591 Penn, Wm., 387, 445 Pennsylvania Archives, the, 175 Pennsylvania farmer, the, 432 Pennsylvania Gazette, 576 Pennsylvania (University), 392, 393, 394, 434, 577 Penrod, 288, 420 Pension Beaurepas, the, 99 Pepys, 513 Percival, R. D., 549 Perennes, P., 592 Perplexed philosopher, a, 441 Perriam, Jonathan, 356 Perrin, Bernadotte, 468 Perry, A. L., 435 Perry, B. F., 342 Perry, Bliss, 36, 307 Perry, Commodore, 151 Perry, R. B., 261 n., 263, 264 Persius, 466 Personal memoirs (Grant), 182 Personal memoirs (Sheridan), 182 Personal narrative of explorations and incidents in Texas, 153 Personal recollections of Joan of Arc, 91 Pestalozzi, 403 Peters, Dewitt C., 150 Peter Skene Ogden,