. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. J. Fenimore Cooper. As the United States became prosperous, men began towrite books for the people. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) wrote interest-ing stories of adven-tures on land and sea,all relating to ourcountry. Washing-ton Irving (1783-1859) was the authorof Rip van Irving, and other delightfultales of America, as well as a series of essayswritten in pure English, and used as models in our schools. The first great poet was William Cullen Bryant (1794-1879), whose verses are read everywhere. The
. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. J. Fenimore Cooper. As the United States became prosperous, men began towrite books for the people. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) wrote interest-ing stories of adven-tures on land and sea,all relating to ourcountry. Washing-ton Irving (1783-1859) was the authorof Rip van Irving, and other delightfultales of America, as well as a series of essayswritten in pure English, and used as models in our schools. The first great poet was William Cullen Bryant (1794-1879), whose verses are read everywhere. Then came Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882),with such poems as Hiawatha, thePsalm of Life,The VillageBlacksmith, andothers well knowneven to the chil-dren ; and JohnGreenleaf Whit-tier (1807-1892),the Quaker poet, who, while making shoes, began those famousballads that belong to our
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