Initial Studies in American Letters

by Henry A. Beers

"Smiley, he stood scratching his head and looking down at Dan'l a long time; and at last he says, 'I do wonder what in the nation that frog throwed off for. I wonder if there aint something the matter with him—he 'pears to look mighty baggy, somehow.' And he ketched Dan'l by the nap of the neck, and hefted him, and says, 'Why, blame my cats if he don't weigh five pound!' and turned him upside down, and he belched out a double handful of shot. And then he see how it was, and he was the maddest man. He set the frog down and took out after the feller, but he never ketched him."

INDEX.

An Index to the American Authors and Writings and the Principal American Periodicals mentioned in this Volume.

Abraham Lincoln, 143.
Adams and Liberty, 60.
Adams, John, 49.
Adams, J. Q., 72, 85.
Adams, Samuel, 43, 44.
After-Dinner Poem, 135.
After the Funeral, 142.
Age of Reason, The, 51-53, 60.
Ages, The, 153.
Alcott, A. B., 93, 104.
Aldrich, T. B., 170, 197.
Algerine Captive, The, 63.
Algic Researches, 130.
Alhambra, The, 74.
All Quiet Along the Potomac, 184.
Alnwick Castle, 81.
Alsop, Richard, 55, 56.
American, The, 206.
American Civil War, The, 182.
American Conflict, The, 182.
American Flag, The, 80.
American Note-Books, 95, 114, 116, 119, 128.
American Scholar, The, 93, 104, 123.
Ames, Fisher, 50, 51.
Among My Books, 143.
Anabel Lee, 165.
Anarchiad, The, 55.
Army Life in a Black Regiment, 186.
Army of the Potomac, The, 183.
Art of Book-Making, The, 77.
"Artemus Ward," 188, 189-193, 194.
Arthur Mervyn, 63, 65.
At Teague Poteet's, 203.
Atlantic Monthly, The, 136, 143, 150, 151, 185, 186, 195, 197, 208.
Atlantis, 169.
Auf Wiedersehen, 142.
Autobiography, Franklin's, 28, 38, 39, 40, 73.
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, The, 132, 136, 137.
Autumn, 125.

Backwoodsman, The, 72.
Ballad of the Oysterman, 133.
Ballads and Other Poems, 126.
Bancroft, George, 123, 138, 145, 146.
Barbara Frietchie, 158.
Barlow, Joel, 51, 52, 55-58.
Battle Hymn of the Republic, 183.
Battle of the Kegs, 59.
Battlefield, The, 154.
Bay Fight, The, 184.
Bay Psalm Book, The, 21.
Bedouin Song, 172.
Beecher, H. W., 175, 176.
Beecher, Lyman, 98, 175.
Beers, Mrs. E. L., 184.
Beleaguered City, The, 126, 129.
Belfry of Bruges, The, 126, 127.
Beverly, Robert, 17.
Biglow Papers, The, 139-142, 159, 188.
"Bill Nye," 193.
Black Cat, The, 166.
Black Fox of Salmon River, The, 157.
Blair, James, 14.
Blithedale Romance, The, 95, 118, 172, 209.
Bloody Tenent of Persecution, The, 22, 23.
Blue and the Gray, The, 184.
Boker, G. H., 197.
Bostonians, The, 209.
Boys, The, 134.
Bracebridge Hall, 75, 76, 187.
Bradford's Journal, 21, 24, 25, 31, 33.
Brahma, 105, 109.
Brainard, J. G. C., 156, 157, 175.
Brick Moon, The, 196.
Bridal of Pennacook, The, 157, 159.
Bridge, The, 129.
Broken Heart, The, 77.
Brown, C. B., 63-65.
Browne, C. F. (See "Artemus Ward.")
Brownell, H. H., 184, 185.
Bryant, W. C., 68, 80, 124, 125, 133, 151-155, 162, 169.
Buccaneer, The, 89.
Building of the Ship, The, 127.
Bundle of Letters, A, 206.
Burnett, Mrs. F. H., 205.
Bushnell, Horace, 99.
Busy-Body, The, 38, 53, 74.
Butler, W. A., 170.
Byrd, Wm., 16, 17.

Cable, G. W., 203.
Calhoun, J. C., 46, 86.
Cambridge Thirty Years Ago, 123.
Cape Cod, 111.
Capture of Fugitive Slaves, 140.
Cary, Alice, 173.
Cary, Phoebe, 173.
Cask of Amontillado, The, 166.
Cassandra Southwick, 159.
Cathedral, The, 144.
Cecil Dreeme, 185.
Century Magazine, The, 150, 183, 197.
Chambered Nautilus, The, 135.
Chance Acquaintance, A, 208.
Channing, W. E., 73, 90-92, 93, 97-100, 106.
Channing, W. E., Jr., 106, 110, 119.
Channing, W. H., 106.
Chapel of the Hermits, The, 158.
Character of Milton, The, 91.
Charleston, 184.
Children of Adam, 177.
Choate, Rufus, 89, 90.
Christian Examiner, The, 91.
Circular Letters, by Otis and Quincy, 44.
City in the Sea, The, 162.
Clara Howard, 63.
Clari, 84.
Clarke, J. F., 105, 106.
Clay, Henry, 86.
Clemens, S. L. (See "Mark Twain.")
Columbiad, The, 56, 57.
Common Sense, 51.
Companions of Columbus, 74.
Condensed Novels, 200.
Conduct of Life, The, 107.
Confederate States of America, The, 182.
Conquest of Canaan, 57.
Conquest of Granada, 73, 74, 78.
Conquest of Mexico, 145.
Conquest of Peru, 145.
Conspiracy of Pontiac, The, 147.
Constitution and the Union, The, 87.
Constitution of the United States, The, 45, 85.
Contentment, 85.
Contrast, The, 63.
Conversations on the Gospels, 104.
Conversations on Some of the Old Poets, 143.
Cooke, J. E., 169.
Cooper, J. F., 61, 71, 73, 81-84, 89, 107, 130, 147, 168, 204.
Coral Grove, The, 175.
Cotton, John, 22, 23, 28, 29.
Count Frontenac and New France, 147.
Courtin', The, 141, 188.
Courtship of Miles Standish, The, 26.
Cow Chase, The, 59.
Cranch, C.P., 95, 106.
Crime against Kansas, The, 149
Crisis, The, 51.
Croaker Papers, The, 81.
Culprit Fay, The, 80.
Curtis, G. W., 95, 197.

Daisy Miller, 206.
Dana, C. A., 95, 106, 151.
Dana, R. H., 68, 89.
Danbury News Man, 59, 189.
Dante, Longfellow's, 131.
Davis, Jefferson, 182.
Day is Done, The, 128.
Day of Doom, The, 34.
Death of the Flowers, The, 153, 154.
Declaration of Independence, The, 45, 59, 85.
Deerslayer, The, 83, 84.
Democratic Vistas, 180.
Derby, G. H., 190.
Descent into the Maelstrom, 166.
Deserted Road, The, 173.
Dial, The, 93, 98, 105, 106.
Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout, 39.
Diamond Lens, The, 186.
Discourse of the Plantation of Virginia, A, 12.
Dolph Heyliger, 75.
Domain of Arnheim, The, 166.
Dorchester Giant, The, 132.
Drake, J. R., 80, 81, 89.
Draper, J. W., 182.
Dream Life, 175.
Drifting, 173.
Driving Home the Cows, 184.
Drum Taps, 180.
Dutchman's Fireside, The, 79.
Dwight, J. S., 95, 100, 106.
Dwight, Theodore, 55, 56.
Dwight, Timothy, 55, 57, 58.

Early Spring in Massachusetts, 111.
Echo, The, 56.
Echo Club, The, 172.
Edgar Huntley, 63, 65.
Edith Linsey, 170.
Edwards, Jonathan, 35-37, 58, 91, 97, 99.
Eggleston, Edward, 202.
Elevator, The, 63, 210.
Eliot, John, 21, 23.
Elsie Venner, 137.
Emerson, Charles, 106.
Emerson, R. W., 88, 93, 96-113, 119, 122, 123,
128, 129, 138, 151, 154, 160, 179.
Endicott's Red Cross, 25, 118.
English Note-Books, 119.
English Traits, 103, 109.
Ephemerae, 176.
Epilogue to Cato, 60.
Eternal Goodness, 158.
Ethan Brand, 117.
Europeans, The, 206, 207.
Evangeline, 129, 130.
Evening Wind, The, 153.
Everett, Edward, 89, 90, 133, 138, 189.
Excelsior, 127.
Excursions, 111.
Expediency of the Federal Constitution, 48.
Eyes and Ears, 176.

F. Smith, 170.
Fable for Critics, A, 105, 142, 144.
Facts in the case of M. Valdemar, The, 164.
Fall of the House of Usher, The, 166.
Familists' Hymn, The, 25.
Fanshawe, 116.
Farewell Address, Washington's, 49.
Faust, Taylor's, 172.
Federalist, The, 48, 49.
Ferdinand and Isabella, 123, 145.
Final Judgment, The, 35.
Finch, F. M., 184.
Fire of Driftwood, The, 128.
Fireside Travels, 123.
Fitz Adam's Story, 141.
Flint, Timothy, 72.
Flood of Years, The, 155.
Footpath, The, 142.
Footsteps of Angels, 126.
Foregone Conclusion, A, 207.
Forest Hymn, 152.
Fortune of the Republic, 107.
Foster, S. C., 173, 174.
France and England in North America, 147.
Franklin, Ben., 28, 37, 40, 52, 53, 73, 74.
Freedom of the Will, 35.
French Poets and Novelists, 205.
Freneau, Philip, 60-62.
Fuller, Margaret, 93, 95, 99, 100, 105, 106, 109, 119, 131.

Galaxy Magazine, The, 197.
Garrison, W. L., 26, 87, 147, 156, 157, 174.
Garrison of Cape Ann, The, 32.
Geography of the Mississippi Valley, 72.
Georgia Spec, The, 63.
Ghost Ball at Congress Hall, The, 170.
Give Me the Old, 170.
Godey's Lady's Book, 150, 160.
Godfrey, Thomas, 63.
Gold Bug, The, 163.
Golden Legend, The, 130.
Good News from Virginia, 18.
Good Word for Winter, A, 143.
Goodrich, S. G., 69, 72, 116.
Graham's Magazine, 150, 160, 162, 164, 171.
Grandfather's Chair, 32.
Grandissimes, The, 203.
Greeley, Horace, 95, 171, 182.
Green River, 153.
Greene, A. G., 85.
Greenfleld Hill, 58.
Guardian Angel, The, 137, 138.