Topical Notes on American AuthorsSilver, Burdett, 1896 - 334 страница |
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... Stories in American Liter- ature . MISCELLANEOUS . ALFRED H. WELSH's Digest of English and American Literature . G. J. SMITH'S Synopsis of English and American Literature . SELDEN L. WHITCOMB'S Chronological Outlines of American ...
... Stories in American Liter- ature . MISCELLANEOUS . ALFRED H. WELSH's Digest of English and American Literature . G. J. SMITH'S Synopsis of English and American Literature . SELDEN L. WHITCOMB'S Chronological Outlines of American ...
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... ( Joe Jefferson , the most famous stage exponent of the character . ) Compare this story with the German legend of Frederick Barbarossa . Ichabod Crane . Consult Harper's Magazine , September , 1883 , for the LIFE AND WORKS . 29.
... ( Joe Jefferson , the most famous stage exponent of the character . ) Compare this story with the German legend of Frederick Barbarossa . Ichabod Crane . Consult Harper's Magazine , September , 1883 , for the LIFE AND WORKS . 29.
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... STORY - TELLER OF AMERICAN WOODS AND WATERS . A PANORAMIC NOVELIST . A PHILISTINE OF ABOUNDING VITALITY . THE MOST PROLIFIC OF AMERICAN AUTHORS . THE ORIGINATOR OF THE RED MAN AS A CHARACTER IN LIT- ERATURE . A DEFENDER OF REPUBLICAN ...
... STORY - TELLER OF AMERICAN WOODS AND WATERS . A PANORAMIC NOVELIST . A PHILISTINE OF ABOUNDING VITALITY . THE MOST PROLIFIC OF AMERICAN AUTHORS . THE ORIGINATOR OF THE RED MAN AS A CHARACTER IN LIT- ERATURE . A DEFENDER OF REPUBLICAN ...
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... Stories of action . Not like modern novels , largely analytical . The Prefaces to his books were written " not to conciliate the reader , but to hurl scorn at the reviewer . " CLASSIFICATION . Novels of the American Revolution . The Spy ...
... Stories of action . Not like modern novels , largely analytical . The Prefaces to his books were written " not to conciliate the reader , but to hurl scorn at the reviewer . " CLASSIFICATION . Novels of the American Revolution . The Spy ...
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Lucy Tappan. HERO . Harvey Birch , a Revolutionary patriot . Suggested by a story which the author heard from Chief Justice Jay , of Revolutionary fame . The reading of this novel led a French patriot to assume the name of Harvey Birch ...
Lucy Tappan. HERO . Harvey Birch , a Revolutionary patriot . Suggested by a story which the author heard from Chief Justice Jay , of Revolutionary fame . The reading of this novel led a French patriot to assume the name of Harvey Birch ...
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