The world: historical and actual . n writer afterFranklin andEdwards, togain Euro-pean recog-nition. Hewas a trulynational nov-elist, for hewrote of life011 the fron-tier, of In-dians, trap-pers and thesea. He casta halo aboutthe IndiancharacterandAmerican scenery. Cooper lived in Cooperstown,New York. He was born in 1789 and surviveduntil 1851. On much the same plane stands MissSedgwick (1789-1867), a novelist who enjoyed a widepopularity in her day. Neither is much read atthe present time. In his day Willis was anoted member ofthe literary was a journal-ist and poet ofthe more
The world: historical and actual . n writer afterFranklin andEdwards, togain Euro-pean recog-nition. Hewas a trulynational nov-elist, for hewrote of life011 the fron-tier, of In-dians, trap-pers and thesea. He casta halo aboutthe IndiancharacterandAmerican scenery. Cooper lived in Cooperstown,New York. He was born in 1789 and surviveduntil 1851. On much the same plane stands MissSedgwick (1789-1867), a novelist who enjoyed a widepopularity in her day. Neither is much read atthe present time. In his day Willis was anoted member ofthe literary was a journal-ist and poet ofthe more esthet-ic character. Hewas born in 180G,and died in hiring his earlymanhood he wasa great pet with ffia large class ofreaders. His bestwork was done on the New York Mirror and theHome Journal, two fireside weeklies of large circula-tion. He wrote nothing which deserves to be men-tioned specifically. His friend, George P. Morris,wrote less and generally not as well; but his Wood-man, Spare that Tree, is a gem of rare N. P. WILLIS. 642 AMERICAN LITERATURE. Mrs. Sigouriiey also stood very high as a poetess inher time. She was a prolific writer of verse, beingoften called upon, to grace special occasions. Shewas born in Connecticut in 1791 and died in Irving is the supreme landmark inAmerican prose. He was born in New York in 1783and died in 1859. He began his literary career asthe anonymous writer of a comic history of NewYork under the primitive Dutch. It was a verybrilliant success. That was in 1809, when he wasyoung and rich. lie wrote simply as a recreation.
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