Choice Specimens of American Literature, And Literary Reader | Page 5

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John Neal, 1793- 289. The Nature of True Poetry.
John P. Kennedy, 1795-1870 290. The Mansion at Swallow Barn. 291. A Disappointed Politician. 292. Wirt's Style of Oratory.
William Ware, 1797-1852 293. The Christian Martyr.
Lydia M. Child, 1802- 294. Ill temper contagious.
Robert M. Bird, 1803-1854 295. The Quaker Huntsman.
Nathaniel Hawthorne, 1805-1864 296. Portrait of Edward Randolph. 297. Description of an Old Sailor. 298. A Picture of Girlhood. 299. Sculpture: Art and Artists. 300. Ruins of Furness Abbey. 301. Scenery of the Merrimac. 302. A Dungeon of Ancient Rome.
Wm. Gilmore Simms, 1806-1870 303. The Battle of Eutaw. 304. Character and Services of Gen. Marion.
Harriet B. Stowe, 1812- 305. Memorials of a Dead Child. 306. The Old Meeting House.
Maria J. McIntosh, 1815- 307. Debate between Webster and Hayne.
Catharine A. Warfield, 1817- 308. View of the Sky by Night.
Herman Melville, 1819- 309. Sperm-Whale Fishing.
Josiah G. Holland, 1819- 310. The Wedding-Present.
John Esten Cooke, 1830- 311. The Portrait. 312. Aspects of Summer.
Sarah A. Dorsey. About 1835- 313. Scenery at Natchez, Mississippi.
Anne M. Crane, 314. Impression of a Sea-Scene.
Mary C. Ames. About 1837- 315. A Railway Station in the Country.

CHAPTER III
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Francis Hopkinson, 1737-1791 316. From "The Battle of the Kegs."
John Trumbull, 1750-1831 317. From "McFingall."
Philip Freneau, 1752-1832 318. From "An Indian Burying-ground."
David Humphreys, 1753-1818 319. From "The Happiness of America."
Sam'l J. Smith, 1771-1835 320. "Peace, Be Still."
William Clifton, 1772-1799 321. From "Lines to Fancy."
Robert Treat Paine, 1773-1811 322. The Miser.
John Blair Linn, 1777-1804 323. From "The Powers of Genius."
Francis S. Key, 1779-1843 324. "The Star-Spangled Banner."
Washington Allston, 1779-1843 325. From "The Sylphs of the Seasons."
John Pierpont, 1785-1866 326. A Temperance Song. 327. The. Pilgrim Fathers.
Jas. G. Percival, 1786-1856 328. The Coral Grove.
Richard H. Dana, 1787- 329. From "The Buccaneer."
Richard H. Wilde, 1789-1847 330. My Life is like the Summer Rose.
Jas. A. Hillhouse, 1789-1841 331. From "Hadad." 332. From "The Judgment."
John M. Harney, 1789-1825 333. From "Cristalina; a fairy tale."
Charles Sprague, 1791- 334. From "Curiosity."
L.H. Sigourney, 1791-1865 335. The Widow at her Daughter's Bridal.
Wm. O. Butler, 1793- 336. From "The Boatman's Horn." 337. The Battle-field of Raisin.
Wm. C. Bryant, 1794- 338. Lines to a Water Fowl. 339. Freedom Irrepressible. 340. Communion with Nature, Soothing. 341. The Living Lost. 342. The Song of the Sower. 343. The Planting of the Apple-Tree.
Maria Brooks, 1795-1845 344. "Marriage."
Joseph R. Drake, 1705-1820 345. The Fay's Departure.
Fitz-Greene Halleck, 1795-1869 346. Marco Bozzaris. 347. The Broken Merchant.
J.G.C. Brainard, 1796-1828 348. From "Lines to the Connecticut River."
Robert C. Sands, 1799-1832 349. From "Weehawken."
George W. Doane, 1799-1859 350. From "Evening."
Geo. P. Morris, 1801-1864 351. Highlands of the Hudson.
Geo. D. Prentice, 1802-1869 352. From "The Mammoth Cave."
Chas. C. Pise, 1802-1866 353. The Rainbow. 354. View at Gibraltar.
E.P. Lovejoy, 1802-1836 355. From "Lines to my Mother."
Edward C. Pinkney, 1802-1828 356. A Health.
R.W. Emerson, 1803- 357. Hymn sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument. 358. Disappearance of Winter. 359. Inspiration of Duty.
Thos. C. Upham, 1799-1873 360. On a Son Lost at Sea.
Jacob L. Martin, 1805-1848 361. The Church of Santa Croce, Florence.
Geo. W. Bethune, 1805-1862 362. Mythology gives place to Christianity.
Chas. F. Hoffman, 1806- 363. The Red Man's Heaven.
Wm. Gilmore Simms, 1806-1870 364. Nature inspires sentiment.
Nath'l P. Willis, 1807-1867 365. From "Hagar in the Wilderness." 366. Unseen Spirits.
H.W. Longfellow, 1807- 367. Lines to Resignation. 368. From The Wedding; The Launch: The Ship. 369. Song of the Mocking-bird, at Sunset. 370. Hiawatha's Departure.
Wm. D. Gallagher, 1808- 371. The Laborer.
John G. Whittier, 1808- 372. What the Voice said. 373. The Atlantic Telegraph. 374. Description of a Snow Storm. 375. The Quaker's Creed.
Albert Pike, 1809- 376. The Everlasting Hills.
Anne C. Lynch Botta. About 1809 377. The Dumb Creation.
Oliver W. Holmes, 1809- 378. From "The Last Leaf." 379. A Mother's Secret.
Willis G. Clark, 1810-1841 380. "An Invitation to Early Piety."
James R. Lowell, 1810- 381 A Song, "The Violet." 382. Importance of a Noble Deed. 383. The Spaniards' Graves at the Isles of Shoals.
Edgar A. Poe, 1811-1849 384. The Raven.
Alfred B. Street, 1811- 385. An Autumn Landscape. 386. The Falls of the Mongaup.
Laura M. H. Thurston, 1812-1842 387. Lines on Crossing the Alleghanies.
Frances S. Osgood, 1812-1850 388. From "The Parting."
Harriet B. Stowe, 1812- 389. The Peace of Faith. 390. Only a Year.
H.T. Tuckerman, 1813-1871 391. The Statue of Washington.
John G. Saxe, 1816- 392. The Blessings of Sleep. 393. "Ye Tailyor man; a contemplative ballad." 394. Ancient and Modern Ghosts contrasted. 395. Boys. 396. Sonnet to a Clam.
Lucy Hooper, 1816-1841 397. The "Death-Summons."
Catharine A. Warfield, 1817- 398. From "The Return to Ashland."
Arthur C. Coxe, 1818- 399. The Heart's Song.
Wm. Ross Wallace, 1819- 400. The North Edda.
Walter Whitman, 1819- 401. The Brooklyn Ferry at Twilight.
Amelia B. Welby, 1819-1852 402. The Bereaved.
R.S. Nichols. About 1820- 403. From "Musings."
Alice Cary, 1820-1871 404. Attractions of our early Home.
Sidney Dyer. About 1820- 405. The Power of Song.
Austin T. Earle, 1822- 406. From "Warm Hearts had We."
Thos. Buchanan Read, 1822- 407. The