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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Chapter 6: the short story (search)
apted to the American temperament and the American kultur. That the prose story was no innovation peculiar to later literature, is an axiom that must precede every discussion of it. It is as old as the race; it has cropped out abundantly in every literature and every period. That it has taken widely differing forms during its long history is also axiomatic. Every generation and every race has had its own ideals in the matter, has set its own fashions. One needs remember only The Book of Ruth, The thousand and one nights, the Elizabethan novella, the Sir Roger de Coverley papers, Johnson's Rambler, Hannah More's moral tales, and the morbid romance of the early nineteenth-century annuals. The modem short story is only the latest fashion in story telling—short fiction à la mode. In America the evolution of the form may be traced through at least four stages. It began with the eighteenth-century tale of the Hannah More type, colourless, formless, undramatic, subservient, to use
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
Bismarck, Count, 133, 142 Bivouac of the dead, the, 290 Black regiment, the, 278, 284 Blackstone, 77 Blair, Frank P., 116, 117, 120, 183 Blair (Rhetoric), 124 Blake, H. G. 0., 8 Blake, William, 266 Blanc, Madame, 271 Blithedale romance, the, 18, 21, 29, 406 Blok, P. J., 146 Blood-money, 266 n. Blue and the Gray, the, 286, 303-304 Boker, George H., 167, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284 Bon-Bon, 67 Boner, J. H., 330 Bonnie blue flag, the, 291, 292 Book of Ruth, the, 367 Book of sonnets, a, 40 Borderers, the, 38 Borough, the, 50 Boston Book, the, 174 Boston Courier, the, 246 Boston Hymn, 283 Boston Post, the, 155 Boston Quarterly review, the, 166, 168 Boston Review, the, 162 n. Boutwell, George S., 135 Bowditch, Nathaniel, 164 Bowdoin College, 19, 32, 33, 40, 151, 209 Bowles, Samuel, 189, 190, 191, 379 Boy Brittan, 281 Boy Emigrants, 405 Boy's Froissart, the, 339 Boy's King Arthur, the, 339 Brackenridge
History of the First Universalist Church in Somerville, Mass. Illustrated; a souvenir of the fiftieth anniversary celebrated February 15-21, 1904, Sunday School members (search)
e, Mrs.16 Grant Street Earle, Charles11 Pleasant Avenue Eaton, Paul 45-A Tufts Street Eddy, Norman 4 Bonair Street Eddy, Maverett E.63 Bonair Street Egerton, Ruth 63 Boston Street Egerton, Beatrice 63 Boston Street Elliott, Clara59 Oxford Street Evans, Alfred 6 Auburn Avenue Evans, Lovell6 Auburn Avenue Fife, Etta.17 Cus. Andrew G.30 Dartmouth Street Hill, Gertrude30 Dartmouth Street Hill, Allan30 Dartmouth Street Hills, Maud.20 Tufts Street Holmes, Edna 214 Broadway Holmes, Ruth22 Fountain Avenue Hooper, Leona41 Munroe Street Horton, George36 Everett Avenue Horton, Bessie22 Everett Avenue Horton, Chester 22 Everett Avenue Horton, Arth, Jessie4 Benedict Street Pingree, Cecil 4 Benedict Street Pitman, Mrs. Kate42 Benton Road Pitman, Miss 42 Benton Road Pitman, Forrest 42 Benton Road Pitman, Ruth85 Boston Street Plummer, Helen 12 Rush Street Plummer, Hazel12 Rush Street Plummer, Thomas 12 Rush Street Poor, Emily 30 Mt. Pleasant Street Porter, Randall 1
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays, Ought women to learn the alphabet? (search)
ere, that any female who has unhappily learned anything in this line should affect ignorance, when possible; asserts that knowledge rarely makes men attractive, and females never; opines that women have no occasion to peruse Ovid's Art of love, since they know it all in advance; remarks that three quarters of female authors are no better than they should be; maintains that Madame Guion would have been far more useful had she been merely pretty and an ignoramus, such as Nature made her,--that Ruth and Naomi could not read, and Boaz probably would never have married into the family, had they possessed that accomplishment,that the Spartan women did not know the alphabet, nor the Amazons, nor Penelope, nor Andromache, nor Lucretia, nor Joan of Arc, nor Petrarch's Laura, nor the daughters of Charlemagne, nor the three hundred and sixty-five wives of Mohammed; but that Sappho and Madame de Maintenon could read altogether too well; while the case of Saint Brigitta, who brought forth twelve c
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays, The Puritan minister. (search)
erence for men in authority was so comprehensive that they actually fined some one for remarking that Major Phillips's old mare was as lean as an Indian's dog. There is a quaint anecdote preserved, showing the continuance of the Quaker feud in full vigor as lately as 1705. A youth among the Friends wished to espouse a fair Puritan maiden; but the Quakers disapproved his marrying out of their society, and the Congregationalists his marrying into theirs; so in despair he thus addressed her: Ruth, let us break from this unreasonable bondage. I will give up my religion, and thou shalt give up thine; and we will marry and go into the Church of England, and go to the Devil together. And they fulfilled the resolution, the Puritan historian says, so far as going into the Church, and marrying, and staying there for life. With the same careful discrimination we must try to study the astonishing part played by the ministers in the witchcraft delusions. It must be remembered that the bel
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Additional Sketches Illustrating the services of officers and Privates and patriotic citizens of South Carolina. (search)
in America was Thomas Olney, who emigrated from Hertford, England, in 1636 and was one of the original thirteen proprietors of Providence plantations. Their children are: Edwin L., Alfred O., Lindsley, Malvern, Ashley, Olive, Marie, Leroy, Ethel, Ruth and Norman. Notable among the engagements in which Captain Halsey participated were the following: Freestone Point, Cock Pit Point, Myers' Farm, West Point, Garnett's Farm, Savage Station, Malvern Hill, Hyattstown, Goulding's Farm, Boonsboro Gapnce. He has eight children living: Julia D., wife of William T. Williams, of Savannah, Ga.; Mary G., Alice H., wife of John Solomons, of Savannah, Ga.; Josephine, wife of A. B. Josey, of Orangeburg, S. C.; Allen C., Ralph Delancey, Martha P., and Ruth, wife of J. A. Kline, of Bamberg, S. C. Captain James F. Izlar Captain James F. Izlar was born in Orangeburg county, S. C., November 25, 1832, descending from the stock of a fine old Orangeburg family. His father, a most estimable gentleman
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 34. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
the North and South respectively, 71. Prisoners of War North and South, Treatment of, relatively to the sections, 69 Prison Reminiscenses, by Judge James F. Crocker, 28. Provisional Army of Virginia in 1861, 288. Quitman Rifles, History of the, 239. Ramseur, Ambuscade of, General S. D., 213. Randolph of Roanoke, John, Key to the Eccentricity of, 75. Rebel Yell. The, 198. Robins, Colonel, Wm. Todd, 275. Rodgers, Wm. W, 163. Rodgers, Judge Robert L, 69. Rodgers. Miss Ruth. 69. Ruins, The pathos of, 67. Scovill, Colonel E. A, 45. Secession, the right of, 55; Early approval of in New England, 59, 61; proposed by Massachusetts in 1844, 60. Seddon, James A , 133. Sheppard, W. L., 237. Sheridan, General Philip H, Vandalism of, 215. Siever's, Wm, 237. Simmons, Dr., James, 36 Slavery in the South incident on conditions; perpetuation of not the cause of the war 58; Sentiment of the world as to, 63. Smith Briggs, Capture of the by Confederat
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Hon. Austin Belknap. (search)
nap. The death of Hon. Austin Belknap at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Roswell C. Downer, in Roxbury, on the ninth of December, 1902, removed from the activities of life one who had for nearly fifty years been a useful and honored citizen of Somerville, a man of unblemished reputation in private and public life, a man in whom there was no guile, who hated deceit, and whose life was open, frank, and honest. Mr. Belknap was born in Westboro, Mass., July 18, 1819, the son of John and Ruth (Fay) Belknap. His early education was obtained in the district school of Westboro and the Worcester Academy, taking a course in civil engineering in the latter institution. After a brief experience in railway construction, he came to Boston in 1843, entering the produce business, in which he continued until the day before his death, covering a period of nearly sixty years. Mr. Belknap became a resident of Somerville in 1853. He was a man of studious habits, and his early education was
Historic leaves, volume 2, April, 1903 - January, 1904, Index (search)
ley, Joshua22 Bailey, Mrs. Joshua22 Bailey House, The, Perkins Street44 Baird, Historian10 Baldwin, Loammi52, 53, 54, 55, 57 Ballou, Hosea, President Tufts College26 Bancroft, Historian92, 97 Barberry Lane42 Barrell, Joseph53 Barrett, Samuel, Jr., Schoolmaster, 172065 Bartlett's Address, 181360 Bateman,—62 Bates, Gov. John L., Address by77, 78, 86, 87, 92, 93 Bay State Colony, The14 Bedford, Mass.52 Belknap, Hon. Austin100, 101 Belknap, John100 Belknap, Robert W.101 Belknap, Ruth (Fay）100 Bell, Dr. Luther V.2 Berlin, Germany11 Bernon, Gabriel12 Billerica, Mass.52, 54 Billerica Bridge54 Billerica Mills55 Binney, Captain Martin22, 23 Binney, Sally (Ayers）23 Bird, Charles, Jr.42 Bishop of London38 Blessing of the Bay, The81 Blodgett, Daniel14 Blodgett, Samuel50 Bolbee, France12 Bolton, John, Homestead of45 Bonair Street, Somerville43, 44 Bonner Ave., Somerville46 Bonner, ‘Grandma’47 Bonner, William47 Boston Commercial Bulletin, The6 Boston Courier
Historic leaves, volume 8, April, 1909 - January, 1910, The Walnut Hill School. (search)
nd unmarried. Miss Caverno, according to the printed genealogy of her family, was born November 29, 1829, and died November 19, 1855. She was the granddaughter of Jeremiah and Margaret (Brewster) Caverno, and daughter of Arthur and Olive H. (Foss) Caverno. Her people were of Canaan, N. H., or vicinity. While teaching here she boarded at the Gardners', next door to the schoolhouse. Other names of teachers at this school, not found upon the records, but vouched for by my informants, were: Ruth, daughter of Luke Wyman; Jason Bigelow Perry, Rindge (N. H.) Town History: John Perry (James and Lydia), baptized in West Cambridge in 1755; married (second wife) Abigail Bigelow, daughter of Jason and Abigail (Witt) Bigelow, of Marlboro. Of their children, Sarah, born June 12, 1793, died unmarried March 19, 1842. The youngest of the family was Jason Bigelow Perry, born September 27, 1801. Colonel J. B. Perry lived on the homestead in Rindge. He showed commendable interest in the welfar
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