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VIII: Intellectual.
(American.)
Lowell, Taylor and Irving stand foremost among the literature of the
day.
James Russell Lowell, Henry Longfellow, Whittier and Horthorn
have all written pieces of some note.
Bryant while still a child wrote thanatopsis and then became editor of
a paper and lived for many years after.
A sort of sadness kind of shone in Bryant’s poems.
The Brasebrig Hall and of the Spy was also written by Bryant.
Washington Irving was a great poet and prose.
Bracebridge Hall was written by Henry Irving.
Washington Irving is noted for his sketch pieces. He also wrote the
lives of men.
Cooper’s writings belong to that class of literature called bell lettres.
Snow Bound was written by Peter Cooper.
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