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

West.
Daniel Drake, 1785-1852 261. Objects of the Western Mound Builders.
John Bachman, 1790-1874 262. The Opossum.
J.A. Lapham, 1811- 263. The Smaller Lakes of Wisconsin. 264.
Ancient Earthworks.
Chas. W. Webber, 1819-1856 265. The Mocking Bird.
Chas. Lanman, 1819- 266. Maple Sugar-Making among the Indians.
Ephraim G. Squier, 1821- 267. Indian Pottery.
=_5._= WRITERS OF TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
Benj'n Silliman, 1779-1864 268. The Falls of Montmorenci.
John L. Stephens, 1805-1852 269. Discovery of a Ruined City in the
Woods.
John C. Fremont, 1813- 270. Ascent of a Peak of the Rocky Mountains.
271. The Columbia River, Oregon.
Elisha K. Kane, 1822-1857 272. Discovery of an Open Arctic Sea.

Bayard Taylor, 1825- 273. Monterey, California. 274. Approach to San
Francisco. 275. Swiss Scenery;--a Battlefield;--Picturesque Dwellings.
=_6._= NOVELISTS AND WRITERS OF FICTION.
Chas. Brockden Brown, 1771-1810 276. The Yellow Fever in
Philadelphia.
Washington Allston, 1779-1843 277. Impersonation of the Power of
Evil. 278. On a Picture by Caracci. 279. Originality of Mind.
James K. Paulding, 1779-1860 280. Characteristics of the Dutch and
German Settlers. 281. Abortive Towns.
Jas. Fenimore Cooper, 1789-1851 282. The Shooting Match. 283. Long
Tom Coffin. 284. Death of the Old Trapper in the Pawnee Village. 285.
Escape from the Wreck. 286. Naval Results of the War of 1812.
Catharine M. Sedgwick, 1789-1867 287. The Minister Condemning
Vain Apparel. 288. Kosciusko's Garden at West Point.
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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POETS.
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.