. Sidney Lanier at Rockingham Springs; where and how the "Science of English verse" was written; a new chapter in American letters. e preceding his connection with the page 27 SIDNEY LANIER University. Doubtless his midsummer exer-tions at Rockingham Springs were stimulatedthroughout by his plans for inaugurating hisuniversity courses, to which he was lookingforward with eager anticipation. The fol-lowing extract from a long letter that hewrote to President Oilman, from 180 Street, Baltimore, on the 13th of July,1879, is apropos. I have nearly completed three workswhich are addressed t
. Sidney Lanier at Rockingham Springs; where and how the "Science of English verse" was written; a new chapter in American letters. e preceding his connection with the page 27 SIDNEY LANIER University. Doubtless his midsummer exer-tions at Rockingham Springs were stimulatedthroughout by his plans for inaugurating hisuniversity courses, to which he was lookingforward with eager anticipation. The fol-lowing extract from a long letter that hewrote to President Oilman, from 180 Street, Baltimore, on the 13th of July,1879, is apropos. I have nearly completed three workswhich are addressed to the practical accom-plishment of the object named [of making afiner fiber for all our young American man-hood by leading our youth in proper relationswith English poetry], by supplying a whollydifferent method of study from that mis-chievous one which has generally arisen froma wholly mistaken use of the numerous Man-uals of English literature. These works aremy three textbooks: (1) The Science of Eng-lish Verse, . . (2) From Caedmon toChaucer, ... (3) my Chaucer. . .I am going to print these books and sell them PAGE 28. Port Republic Bridge.
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