. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. If ^ James Russell Lowell. AMERICAN LITERATURE. 2Y1. LESSON.—Bancroft, Prescott and Motley -were leaders in other great authors have gained reputations in various departmentsof literature, while our papers and magazines are marvels of beauty andvalue. William II. Prescott (1796-1859), was the author of mostinteresting histories of the Spanish possessions. John LothropMotley (1814-1877) wrote the Rise and Fall of the DutchRepublic. These, with scores of great writers ofhistory and historical novels, give our a


. Hazen's elementary history of the United States; a story and a lesson. If ^ James Russell Lowell. AMERICAN LITERATURE. 2Y1. LESSON.—Bancroft, Prescott and Motley -were leaders in other great authors have gained reputations in various departmentsof literature, while our papers and magazines are marvels of beauty andvalue. William II. Prescott (1796-1859), was the author of mostinteresting histories of the Spanish possessions. John LothropMotley (1814-1877) wrote the Rise and Fall of the DutchRepublic. These, with scores of great writers ofhistory and historical novels, give our au-thors at least equality svith those of Eu-rope. Ill 174 the Boston News Letter wasthe only ne^vspaper in the colonies. To-day, about fifteen thousand papers and ^v vjf^mairazines are heli^ino- the schools to edu- Nathaniel Hawthorne,cate the people. The papers of the Revolution Avere small,with but little circulation. Some of thegreat city dailies to-day have a millionreaders and are filled ^\■ith illustrations. The magazines are marvels of cheapness,beauty, and value. They reach all classes,from the young


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