. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . thebeautiful, many of hisdelicately conceivedpieces are unexcelledby any modern work,and they illustrate theAmerican instinctwhich unites a Saxonhonesty of feeling tothat artistic subtiltyin which the Frenchsurpass the shorter tales andsketches, fi n i s h e dlike so many poemsin prose, are as spark-lingly original as theyare delightful for thethe airy by-play, therefined nuances, of acaptivating literarystyle. Thomas BaileyAldrich was born apoet.
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . thebeautiful, many of hisdelicately conceivedpieces are unexcelledby any modern work,and they illustrate theAmerican instinctwhich unites a Saxonhonesty of feeling tothat artistic subtiltyin which the Frenchsurpass the shorter tales andsketches, fi n i s h e dlike so many poemsin prose, are as spark-lingly original as theyare delightful for thethe airy by-play, therefined nuances, of acaptivating literarystyle. Thomas BaileyAldrich was born apoet. That h a p -pened Nov. ii, 1836,at Portsmouth, N. H.,the Rivermouth of his stories, and before he had reached the age of nine-teen he gave, in The Bells, the first proof of hisbirthright. He began a course of study preparatory toentering college, but relinquished his purpose on thedeath of his father, and undertook mercantile life inthe counting-room of his uncle, a merchant in NewYork. The muse, however, was not to be balked. Heremained with his uncle three years, and during thisperiod frequently contributed verses to the New York. THOMAS BAILEY/ ALDRICH journals. A collection of his poems was published inNew York in 1855, the volume taking its name fromthe initial piece, The Bells. A most successful poem,Baby Bell, published in 1856, was generally copiedthroughout the entire country, and perhaps it was thefavor with which it was received that induced him toabandon mercantile pursuits for a literary career. Heobtained a position as reader for a publishing house,and became a frequent contributor to the New York Evening Mirror, the Knickerb o c k e r, Putnams M a g a -zine, and the weeklynewspapers. In 1856he joined the staff ofthe New York HomeJournal, which wasthen under the man-agement of Nathan-iel P. Willis andGeorge P. continued in thisposition three years,during which timehis pen was busy,many of his poemsand stories becom-ing popular 1866 he came
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