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LIBRARY
OF
AMERICAN
LITERATURE.
Continued.
Earnest
gratitude
is
due
to
the
poet-critic
and
the
charming
lyrist
whose
combined
studies
have
produced
so
valuable
a
work.
The
Critic,
N
ew
York.
No
popular
review,
on
anything
like
an
appropriate
scale,
has
before
been
made
of
our
national
literature;
for,
though
in
its
beginning
it
was
studiously
modeled
on
the
parent
source,
it
has
grown
to
be
as
distinctly
national as
any
other
phase
of
American
develop-
ment.
San
Francisco
Argonaut.
It
is
both
a
pleasure
and
a
privilege
to
taste
of
this
literary
feast,
a
mental
feast
unparal-
leled
in
its
completeness
and
excellence
North.
American
Review
COMMENTS
OF
EMINENT
LITERARY
MEN.
From
JOHN
GREENLEAF
WHITTIER.
OAK
KNOLL
DANVERS,
MASS,
Sept.
14,
1888.
The
plan
and
execution
seem
to
me
deserving
of
unqualified
praise.
A
breath
of
the
New
World
blows
through
it.
JOHN
G.
WHITTIER.
WILLIAM
DEAN
HOWELLS
in
the
"
Editor's
Study
'
of
Harper'
s
Monthly
Magazine,
August,
1888.
(See the
entire
article
for
an
admirable
digest
of the
work.)
In
their
brief
introduction
they
give
us
at
once
the
right
point
of
view,
and
then
they
make
haste
to
stand
out
of
the
way
and
let
us
enjoy
a
prospect
of
American
literature
which
could
hardly
have
been
more
complete.
From
JOHN
BIGELOW,
Ex-United
States
Minister
to
France.
21
GRAMERCY
PARK,
Nov.
22,
1889.
This
library
is
one
thing
at
least
we
may
exhibit
at
the
Great
Fair
of
1892,
without
the
slightest
apprehension
of
any
competition
from
abroad.
I
do
not
know
of
any
greater
tribute
that
has
ever
been
paid
by
the
nation
to
Columbus,
or
indeed
can
be.
JOHN
BIGELOW.
From
MARK
TWAIN.
If
one
would
think or
laugh
or
cry,
or
feed
his
pity
or
love
or
charity,
or
lash
himself
into
a
fury,
he
may
choose
his
emotion
and
turn
to
the
things
that
will
lift it
to
an
ecstasy
every
time.
With
it
on
the
shelf,
one
may
say
to
anybody
Name
your
mood,
and
I
will
satisfy
its
appetite
for
you.
S
L
CLEMENS
(Mark
Twain).
COMMENTS
OF
PROMINENT
ED
UCA
TORS.
From
Professor
JOHN
FISKE,
of
Harvard
University
CAMBRIDGE,
Jan.
25,
1889.
The
book
will
be
of
great
service
to
the
student
of
American
history
and
American
lit-
erature.
Very
sincerely
yours,
JOHN
FISKE.
From
Dr.
W.
T.
HARRIS,
United
States
Commissioner
of
Education.
DEPARTMENT
OF
THE
INTERIOR,]
BUREAU
OF
EDUCATION.
WASHINGTON',
Dec.
20.
1
do
not
see
how
any
school
in
America
can
spare
this
work
from
its
reference
library
for
teachers
and
pupils.
'
am
sure
that
every
private
individual
will
purchase
it
for
his
own
library,
if
he
has
to
cut
off for
a
time
his
purchase
of
other
literature.
Very
respectfully,
W.
T.
HARRIS.
From
Professor
MOSES
COIT
TYLER,
CORNELL
UNIVERSITY,
May
23,
1888.
I
can
truthfully
say
that
I
am
much
impressed
by
the
tact
and
felicity
of
the
choice
which
has
been
made
of
these
specimens
of
our
literature.
Faithfully
yours,
MOSES
COIT
TAYLOR.
From
HIRAM
ORCUTT,
LL.
D.,
Manager
Bureau
of
Education,
Boston.
BOSTON,
March
10,
1890.
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editors
of
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to
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eral
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