Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . ndhence his visit in 1870 to England, wherethe year following he brought out his^ Songs of the Sierras ^ simultaneously with their publication in Bos-ton, under the imprint of Roberts Brothers. The name ^^ Joaquin, ^^prefixed to his own on the title-page, the author borrowed from thename of a Mexican brigand, Joaquin Murietta, for whom he had oncemade a legal defense. The appearance of the ^ Songs of the Sierras *made a great stir in England; and Mr. Miller was feted, and laudedwith superlative adjectives and epithets, culminating in
Library of the world's best literature, ancient and modern . ndhence his visit in 1870 to England, wherethe year following he brought out his^ Songs of the Sierras ^ simultaneously with their publication in Bos-ton, under the imprint of Roberts Brothers. The name ^^ Joaquin, ^^prefixed to his own on the title-page, the author borrowed from thename of a Mexican brigand, Joaquin Murietta, for whom he had oncemade a legal defense. The appearance of the ^ Songs of the Sierras *made a great stir in England; and Mr. Miller was feted, and laudedwith superlative adjectives and epithets, culminating in the illustrioustitle of the ^^American Byron.^^ On his return from England, did journalistic work in Washington, D. C, till the autumn of1887, when he removed to Oakland, California, which has since beenhis permanent place of residence. Besides the volume of poems already mentioned, Mr. Miller pub-lished in 1873 < Songs of the Sunlands,^ in 1875 < Songs of the Desert,*In 1878 < Songs of Italy,* in 1882 his ^Collected Poems,* and in 1887. Joaquin Miller I0028 JOAQUIN MILLER ^ Songs of Mexican Seas. ^ He is also the author of the followingprose works: ^ The Baroness of New York (1877), < The Danites inthe Sierras* (1881), < Shadows of Shasta* (1881), < Memorie and Rime*(1884), and <49, or the Gold Seekers of the Sierras* (1884). His lastwork, < Songs of the Soul^* was published in the summer of 1896. Mr. Millers chief claim to literary fame rests upon his original-ity, freshness of style, and vigor of thought and expression. In thesweeping rush of his rhythm there is a suggestion of the roaringstreams and swaying forests whose music he heard in his power to report nature by symbols and pagan metaphors, so thatshe seems in his poetry to be using her own vernacular, is one ofhis peculiar gifts. His qualities of style are seen at their best in* The Isles of the Amazon.* In his shorter lyrical poems there is agentler cadence, with an under
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