A primer of American literature . of delightful sketches ofamateur horticulture, first made him famous. Back-log Studies^ domestic and moral reflections, was lesspopular, but equally successful. Baddeck, and ThatSort of Thing followed, being an account of a trip tothe provinces of British North America. Its littlebits of fun and humor are scattered all through thebook, and are to be enjoyed in exact proportion tothe readers own tastes. Mummies and Moslems, Inthe Levant, and Saunterhigs similarly, though a littlemore soberly, illuminate life in Oriental and Euro-pean countries visited by the au
A primer of American literature . of delightful sketches ofamateur horticulture, first made him famous. Back-log Studies^ domestic and moral reflections, was lesspopular, but equally successful. Baddeck, and ThatSort of Thing followed, being an account of a trip tothe provinces of British North America. Its littlebits of fun and humor are scattered all through thebook, and are to be enjoyed in exact proportion tothe readers own tastes. Mummies and Moslems, Inthe Levant, and Saunterhigs similarly, though a littlemore soberly, illuminate life in Oriental and Euro-pean countries visited by the author. In Beinga Boy (1877) Mr. Warner draws the New Englandyoungster to the life. 26. James Parton, a native of England but longa resident of America, has devoted the greater partof his literary life to the production of biographiesof prominent men, written after a careful collation ofauthorities, but addressed to the popular taste intheir fluent style and attractive allusion. AaronBurr, Andrew Jackson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas. THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON. IO9 Jefferson, General Butler, and Horace Greeley havethus been described in volumes of considerable size,while a single volume has been compiled from simi-lar biographical sketches of less length. Mr. Partonhas also edited serviceable collections of humorouspoetry and French lyrics, and has prepared a gen-eral history of caricature and caricaturists, besidesan elaborate life of Voltaire. 27. Edward E. Hale, born in Boston in 1822,of a family well known in the literary history of thatcity, has written a large number of very readableand ingenious stories, of which Ten Times One isTe7t is the longest, a tale made famous by thecheery motto of its hero, Harry Wadsworth. short sketch of A Man without a Country isthe most remarkable piece of verisimilitude pro-duced on this side the water. It exerted a markedinfluence in strengthening the Northern arms dur-ing the war. In Philip Nolans Friends Mr. Halehas written a contin
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