A History of American Literature Since 1870

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A HISTORY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE SINCE 1870
BY FRED LEWIS PATTEE
Professor of the English Language and Literature in the Pennsylvania State College. Author of A History of American Literature, The Poems of Philip Freneau, The Foundations of English Literature, etc.
D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY INCORPORATED NEW YORK LONDON
Copyright, 1915, by The Century Co.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE THIS BOOK, OR PORTIONS THEREOF, IN ANY FORM.
PRINTED IN U. S. A.
TO DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND THE DARTMOUTH MEN OF THE EIGHTIES, STU­DENTS AND PROFESSORS, AMONG WHOM I FIRST AWOKE TO THE MEAN­ING OF LIT­ER­A­TURE AND OF LIFE, THIS BOOK IS IN­SCRIBED WITH FULL HEART.