The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . House, which had been Washingtonsheadquarters in 1775-76, which continued to behis home during the remainder of his life. He re-signed his professorship in 1854. While a studentat Bowdoin he contributed several short poemsto the Boston Literary Gazette, which were after-ward brought together under the title of EarlierPoems. While Professor at Bowdoin he contrib-uted several papers to the North Am
The Ridpath library of universal literature : a biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors, including the choicest extracts and masterpieces from their writings ... . House, which had been Washingtonsheadquarters in 1775-76, which continued to behis home during the remainder of his life. He re-signed his professorship in 1854. While a studentat Bowdoin he contributed several short poemsto the Boston Literary Gazette, which were after-ward brought together under the title of EarlierPoems. While Professor at Bowdoin he contrib-uted several papers to the North American Review\one of which, on The Moral and DevotionalPoetry of Spain, contained his translation of theCoplas de Mantique. Although Longfellow is most distinctivelyknown as a poet, he wrote much graceful his college prelections and contributionsto the North American Review he published Outre . rth, an uary 1 h 24, teen, short Mod- • here HENRY IV. — From an Engraving. ;ons 3ptHji,i]]v ]^-«u^ \<n 1h. Kidpath Library;; A to be life. He re- q a student nort poems e after- Earlier ontrib- . motionalof the actively j1 prose. ntributions ed Ouire. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 419 Mcr^ a series of sketches from Europe (1826); Hy-perion, a romance (1839), and Kavanagh, a talc ofNew England life (1849). THE PICNIC AT ROARING BROOK. Every State and almost every county of New Eng-land has its Roaring Brook, a mountain streamletoverhung by woods, impeded by a mill, encumbered byfallen trees, but ever racing, rushing, roaring downthrough gurgling gullies, and filling the forest with itsdelicious sound and freshness ; the drinking-place ofhome-returning herds ; the mysterious haunt of squir-rels and blue-jays, the sylvan retreat of school-girls,who frequent it on summer holidays, and mingle theirrestless thoughts, their overflowing fancies, their fairimaginings, with its restless, exuberant, and rejoicingstream. . At length they reached the
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