Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . ins. American poets recognize no es-sential distinction between the villageblacksmith and the caste of Vere deVere. Burns speaks for the one; Byronand Tennyson for the other: Longfel-low, to the extent of his genius, forboth. The same spirit which glorifies labor denounces every form of despo-tis
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . ins. American poets recognize no es-sential distinction between the villageblacksmith and the caste of Vere deVere. Burns speaks for the one; Byronand Tennyson for the other: Longfel-low, to the extent of his genius, forboth. The same spirit which glorifies labor denounces every form of despo-tism but that of the multitude. Freed of the excesses due to wide license,and restrained by the good taste and culture of her nobler minds, we mayanticipate for the literature of America, under the mellowing influences oftime, an illustrious future. In treating of newspaper literature, one cannot proceed without blendingits origin, style, and aims with the business enterprise that cultivates and sup-ports it. And this may be done all the more cheerfully and properly, for thereason that there is no history more interesting than that of the evolution ofthe newspaper, and no consummation of mental and physical energy thatplaces the nineteenth century in more vivid contrast with preceding ALFRED TENNYSON. THE CENTURYS LITERATURE 219
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