Portraits and biographical sketches of twenty American authors . ecame his recreation. Litera-ture was so antipodal to banking that it was at once a reliefto 2)lunge from business into books, and the poetic passionjiassed easily into a liberal regard for poetry and the poeticgenius. His quick sympathy and his alertness led him intoexcursions which soon became systematic surveys, and inthe twenty years which followed he produced two books,Victorian Poets and Poets of America, which are thoroughand minute studies in the verse which has i)revailed in Eng-land and America during the life of men no
Portraits and biographical sketches of twenty American authors . ecame his recreation. Litera-ture was so antipodal to banking that it was at once a reliefto 2)lunge from business into books, and the poetic passionjiassed easily into a liberal regard for poetry and the poeticgenius. His quick sympathy and his alertness led him intoexcursions which soon became systematic surveys, and inthe twenty years which followed he produced two books,Victorian Poets and Poets of America, which are thoroughand minute studies in the verse which has i)revailed in Eng-land and America during the life of men now living. Hehas rendered great service to the poets whom he has so care-fully set forth, and to the reader who needs a guide to thefoothills of Parnassus. Meanwhile his own volume of song has grown is reason to believe that, with the discharge of hislarge critical function, the poet will resume sway, and thatin the freedom from pressing care, song will be evenstronger and richer. His college afterward conferred a degree U2)on him ofMaster of ^^-7^(2:^^7^>^^^ HARRIET BEECHER STOWE. The family of Beechers is a remarkable one, but its dis-tinction is to be found in a single generation. Other fami-lies have been eminent in a succession of noted names alonga single line. The Beechers owe their fame to a father andhis children. Lyman Beecher. a sturdy preacher and vig-orous leader of men, was the father of Edward, Charles,Henry Ward, Catherine, and Harriet. This last namedwas born in Litchfield, Connecticut, June 14, 1812. Hermother died when she was about four years of age, so thatshe had but few recollections of her, but these were so strongand the influence upon the family so lasting that the daugh-ter, when she came to write Uncle Toms Cabin, was movedto jiortray this influence in the passage where Augustine describes his mother. She was brought up among kinsfolk who loved books, andwas made an early participant in the pleasure of WalterScotts poet
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