A primer of American literature . rs. Jackson belongs the first place among thewriters whom we have named. Soon after theappearance of her first volume of verse, in 1874,Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: The poems of alady who contents herself with the initials H. rare merit of thought and expression, and willreward the reader for the careful attention whichthey require. There is somewhat of the Emer-sonian mood and method in Mrs. Jacksons poetry,which is the modern successor of The Dial verse of1840. Mrs. Jacksons prose sketches in Bits ofTravel and Bits of Talk excel in minute
A primer of American literature . rs. Jackson belongs the first place among thewriters whom we have named. Soon after theappearance of her first volume of verse, in 1874,Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: The poems of alady who contents herself with the initials H. rare merit of thought and expression, and willreward the reader for the careful attention whichthey require. There is somewhat of the Emer-sonian mood and method in Mrs. Jacksons poetry,which is the modern successor of The Dial verse of1840. Mrs. Jacksons prose sketches in Bits ofTravel and Bits of Talk excel in minute , William Dean Howells, one of the first ofrecent writers, was born at Martinsville, Ohio, in1837. He was a country editor until i860, when hewrote a campaign life of Abraham Lincoln, whichhad a great circulation during that year. It wasnever acknowledged by the author, though as liter-ature it was nearly as good as Hawthornes life ofPierce. In 1861 Mr. Howells was given the polit-ically unimportant consulate at Venice. Never did. /p^^^:7^^k.^ WILLIAM DEAN HO WELLS. 99 an author make better literary use of his position,at the same time performing its official duties faith-fully. Not until his return, in 1865, did he begin topublish the fruits of his Italian sight-seeings. Vene-tian Life appeared in 1866, and Italiaft Journeys thenext year. Their descriptions were faithful, andtheir literary style of surprising excellence. After abrief period of editorship in New York, Mr. How-ells went to Boston as assistant editor of The Atlan-tic Monthly., the controlling editorship of which heassumed on the retirement of Mr. James T. Fields,in 1871. Sicbiirba7i Sketches (1871) did for Cam-bridge what Venetian Life had done for Venice,though its descriptions of the university town wereless direct, and included many pieces of delicatehumor and not a few delightful one of Mr. Howellss books, thus far, hadincreased his public of readers; but Their WeddingJourney (1872) m
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