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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.) 18 0 Browse Search
Bliss Perry, The American spirit in lierature: a chronicle of great interpreters 14 0 Browse Search
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 3 12 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Book and heart: essays on literature and life 10 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays 10 0 Browse Search
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.) 10 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises 8 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: November 5, 1860., [Electronic resource] 8 4 Browse Search
Frank Preston Stearns, Cambridge Sketches 8 0 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 4, 15th edition. 6 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 23, 1865., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
o obtain a commission from Lincoln), at least served with him in the Charleston Democratic Convention. The aid of the pencil might also be called in to illustrate his military career. A number of eminent Yankee artists should be employed at once for that purpose, and the galleries of the Lowell Academy of Fine Arts, if such there be; or, if not, Harper's Magazine, adorned with the products of their genius. They might take some hints upon the subject from the so called "Captain" Gann, in Thackeray's last book — that red-faced man, who used to entertain his companions in bar- rooms with famous accounts of Waterloo and other battles, none of which he had ever seen. Some ragged young artist immortalized him in various sketches, respectively entitled: "Captain Gann (assisted by Shaw, the life guardsman,) killing twenty-four French cuirassier at Waterloo"; "Captain Gann defending Hougoumont"; "Captain Gann, called upon by Napoleon Bonaparte to lay down his arms, saying, "A captain of mi