The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . It was first published in the NorthAmerican Review (September, 1817). Admittedto the bar in Plymouth, he practiced in Plainfield,near Cummington, and moved to Great Barring-ton, in Berkshire, where he met Miss FrancesFairchild, whom he married in 1821. In 1825 heabandonetl the legal profession, went to New Yorkto take a ]5lace on the staff of the Evening the death of William Coleman, the proprietorof the Evening Fost^ in 1829, Mr. Bryant becameeditor-in-chief and part proprietor of that
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . It was first published in the NorthAmerican Review (September, 1817). Admittedto the bar in Plymouth, he practiced in Plainfield,near Cummington, and moved to Great Barring-ton, in Berkshire, where he met Miss FrancesFairchild, whom he married in 1821. In 1825 heabandonetl the legal profession, went to New Yorkto take a ]5lace on the staff of the Evening the death of William Coleman, the proprietorof the Evening Fost^ in 1829, Mr. Bryant becameeditor-in-chief and part proprietor of that sympathy was with the Democratic party, andhis support of (ieneral Jackson during the NationalBank warfare affected the pros|)erity of his 1834 he went to Europe, but was sjieedily re-called, owing to the illness of his assistant, , and the losing fortunes of theEvening Post. He opposed the annexation ofTexas and the war with Mexico, aided in foundingthe Free Soil party in 1848, and in 1856 took anactive part in the formation of the RepublicanVol. I—40. WILLIAM a BRYANT. party. In 1S60 he was a Presidential elector ofAbraham Lincoln. During the war he supportedthe cause of the Union and was an advocate ofthe emancipation of the slaves. He contributedseveral series of letters to his newspaper on histravels; visited Cuba three times; Europe, sixtime., once including a trip to the East; andtraveled widely through this country. Theseletters were published as Letters of a Traveler(New York, 1850). Mr. Bryant possessed facilityof speech and delivered many public spoke at the banquet to Kossuth in 1851; atthe Burns centennial in 1859; at the Schiller fes-tivities in 1859; at those of Goethe in 1875; andat the dedication in Central Park, New York, ofthe statue of Morse (187 i), of Shakespeare (1872),Scott (1872), and Halleck (1874). These Orationsand Addresses were published in book form (1873).In 1870 and 1872 he published translations of the
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