Initial Studies in American Letters

by Henry A. Beers

Hail, Columbia! 59, 60, 80.
Hale, E. E., 122, 164, 195, 196.
Halleck, F. G., 80, 81, 89, 109.
Halpine, C. G., 186.
Hamilton, Alexander, 48, 49, 51, 87.
Hannah Thurston, 172.
Hans Breitmann Ballads, 202.
Hans Pfaall, 163.
Harbinger, The, 94, 95.
Harper's Monthly Magazine, 150, 151, 197.
Harris, J. C., 202.
Harte, F. B., 193, 198-202.
Hasty Pudding, 57.
Haunted Palace, The, 165.
Hawthorne, Julian, 118.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 9, 18, 25, 32, 56, 63,
93, 95, 105, 106, 108, 114-120, 124, 128,
129, 137, 138, 150, 160, 166, 172, 182, 185,
187, 188, 204, 205, 209.
Hay, John, 201, 202.
Health, A, 85.
Heathen Chinee, The, 200.
Hedge, F. H., 95.
Height of the Ridiculous, The, 132.
Henry, Patrick, 43, 44, 48.
Hiawatha, 61, 130.
Higginson, T. W., 75, 95, 105, 186.
His Level Best, 195.
History of New England, Winthrop's, 24-27.
History of Plymouth Plantation, Bradford's, 24, 25.
History of the Dividing Line, 16, 17.
History of the United Netherlands, 146.
History of the United States, Bancroft's, 123, 146;
Higginson's, 75.
History of Virginia, Beverly's, 17; Smith's, 15; Stith's, 17.
Hoffman, C. F., 170.
Holland, J. G., 197.
Holmes, O. W., 29, 85, 93, 94, 122, 123, 131-138,
141, 151, 153, 160, 183, 186, 187, 188.
Home, Sweet Home, 84.
Homesick in Heaven, 135.
Hooker, Thomas, 28, 30, 31, 99.
Hoosier Schoolmaster, The, 202.
Hopkins, Lemuel, 55.
Hopkinson, Francis, 59.
Hopkinson, Joseph, 59.
Horse-Shoe Robinson, 168.
House of the Seven Gables, The, 115, 118.
Howe, Mrs. J. W., 183.
Howells, W. D., 63, 203-205, 207-210.
Humphreys, David, 55, 56.
Hymn at the Completion of Concord Monument, 110.
Hymn of the Moravian Nuns, 125.
Hymn to the Night, 126.
Hymn to the North Star, 152.
Hyperion, 131.

Ichabod, 158.
If, Yes, and Perhaps, 195.
Iliad, Bryant's, 155.
Illustrious Providences, 29.
In the Tennessee Mountains, 203.
In the Twilight, 142.
In War Time, 157.
Independent, The, 176.
Indian Bible, Eliot's, 21.
Indian Burying-Ground, The, 61.
Indian Student, The, 61.
Indian Summer, 208, 209.
Ingham Papers, 195.
Inklings of Adventure, 169.
Innocents Abroad, 193, 194.
International Episode, An, 206, 207.
Irving, Washington, 42, 53, 68, 71, 73-82,
89, 117, 138, 187, 188, 194, 206.
Israfel, 162.
Italian Journeys, 208.
Italian Note-Books, 119.

James, Henry, 185, 203-210.
Jane Talbot, 63.
Jay, John, 48, 49.
Jefferson, Thomas, 14, 45-48, 50, 52, 61.
Jesuits in North America, The, 147.
Jim, 201.
Jim Bludso, 201.
John Brown's Body, 59, 183.
John Godfrey's Fortune, 172.
"John Phoenix," 190.
John Underhill, 25.
Jonathan to John, 141.
"Josh Billings," 193.
Journey to the Land of Eden, A, 17.
Judd, Sylvester, 144.
Jumping Frog, The, 193.
June, 153, 154.
Justice and Expediency, 157.

Kansas and Nebraska Bill, The, 149.
Katie, 184.
Kennedy, J. P., 168.
Key into the Language of America, A, 23.
Key, F. S., 60.
Kidd, the Pirate, 75.
King's Missive, The, 159.
Knickerbocker Magazine, The, 75, 79, 116, 147, 160.
Knickerbocker's History of New York, 68, 73, 75, 76, 187.

Lady of the Aroostook, The, 207, 209.
Lanier, Sidney, 202.
La Salle and the Discovery of the Great West, 147.
Last Leaf, The, 85, 133.
Last of the Mohicans, The, 83, 84.
Last of the Valerii, The, 205.
Latest Form of Infidelity, The, 99.
Laus Deo, 158.
Leatherstocking Tales, 61, 83, 84.
Leaves of Grass, 176, 177, 179.
Lecture on the Mormons, 190-192.
Legend of Brittany, 138.
Legend of Sleepy Hollow, 75, 77.
Legends of New England, 156, 157.
Legends of the Province House, 118.
Leland, C. G., 202.
Letter on Whitewashing, 59.
Letters and Social Aims, 107.
Letters from Under a Bridge, 169, 170.
Letters of a Traveler, 155.
Liberator, The, 86, 147, 174.
Life of Columbus, Irving's, 74, 78.
Life of Goldsmith, 79.
Life of John of Barneveld, 146.
Life of Washington, Irving's, 78.
Ligeia, 165.
Light of Stars, The, 126.
Lincoln, Abraham, 51, 133, 180, 186, 189.
Lines on Leaving Europe, 170.
Lippincott's Magazine, 197.
Literary Recreations, 160.
Literati of New York, 160.
Little Breeches, 201.
Livingston, William, 53.
Locke, David R., 193.
Longfellow, H. W., 18, 25, 26, 61, 115, 116,
123-131, 133, 138, 139, 141, 142, 151, 159,
160, 162, 167, 172, 179, 197.
Lost Arts, 148.
Lost Cause, The, 182.
Lowell, J. R., 12, 93, 96, 104, 105, 107, 122,
123, 138-144, 151, 154, 159, 160, 172, 174,
183, 187, 188, 197.
Luck of Roaring Camp, The, 199.
Lunatic's Skate, The, 170.
Lyrics of a Day, 184.

MacFingal, 54, 55, 59, 73.
Madison, James, 48, 49, 61.
Madonna of the Future, The, 205.
Magnalia Christi Americana, 19, 28-34,73.
Mahomet and his Successors, 78.
Maine Woods, The, 111.
"Major Jack Downing," 189.
Man of the Crowd, The, 166.
Man-of-War Bird, The, 179.
Man Without a Country, The, 164, 195.
Marble Faun, The, 115, 117, 118, 119.
Marco Bozzaris, 81.
Margaret, 144.
"Mark Twain," 188, 189, 193, 194.
Maryland, My Maryland, 183.
Masque of the Gods, The, 171.
Masque of the Red Death, 166.
Mather, Cotton, 19, 20, 21, 23, 26, 28-34, 36, 73.
Mather, Increase, 29, 31.
Maud Muller, 158.
May-Day, 107.
Maypole of Merrymount, The, 25.
Memoranda of the Civil War, 180.
Memorial History of Boston, 159.
Men Naturally God's Enemies, 35.
Merry Mount, 145.
Messenger, R. H., 170.
Miggles, 200.
"Miles O'Reilly," 186.
Minister's Black Veil, The, 117.
Minister's Wooing, The, 175.
Mitchell, D. G., 175.
Mocking Bird, The, 202.
Modern Instance, A, 208, 209.
Modern Learning, 59.
Modest Request, A, 134.
Money Diggers, The, 75.
Montcalm and Wolfe, 147.
Monterey, 170.
Moore, C. C., 170.
Moore, Frank, 183.
Moral Argument Against Calvinism, The, 90.
Morris, G. P., 170.
Morton's Hope, 145.
Mosses from an Old Manse, 114, 117.
Motley, J. L., 123, 138, 145, 146.
Mount Vernon, 56.
"Mrs. Partington," 189.
MS. Found In a Bottle, 168.
Murder of Lovejoy, The, 123.
Murders in the Rue Morgue, The, 163.
Murfree, Mary N., 203.
Music-Grinders, The, 133.
My Aunt, 133.
My Captain, 180.
My Double and How He Undid Me, 196.
My Garden Acquaintance, 143.
My Lite is Like the Summer Rose, 85.
My Old Kentucky Home, 173.
My Search for the Captain, 186.
My Study Windows, 143.
My Wife and I, 175.
Mystery of Gilgal, The, 201.
Mystery of Marie Roget, The, 163.

Narrative of A. Gordon Pym, The, 166.
Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife, 118.
Nature, 93, 101, 103, 107.
Naval History of the United States, 81.
Nearer Home, 173.
Negro Melodies, 173.
Nelly was a Lady, 173.
New England Tragedies, 25.
New England Two Centuries Ago, 141, 143.
New System of English Grammar, A, 190.
New York Evening Post, The, 152, 155.
New York Tribune, The, 95, 171.
Newell, R. H., 193.
North American Review, The, 89, 116, 124, 143, 151, 152.
Norton, Andrews, 99.
Notes on Virginia, 47.
Nothing to Wear, 170.
Nux Postcoenatica, 134.

O, Susanna, 173.
O'Brien, F. J., 185.
Observations on the Boston Port Bill, 44.
Occultation of Orion, The, 127, 139.
Ode at the Harvard Commemoration, 142.
Ode for a Social Meeting, 134.
Ode to Freedom, 140.
Odyssey, Bryant's, 155.
Old Clock on the Stairs, The, 127.
Old Creole Days, 203.
Old Folks at Home, 173.
Old Grimes, 85.
Old Ironsides, 132.
Old Oaken Bucket, The, 84.
Old Pennsylvania Farmer, The, 171.
Old Régime in Canada, The, 147.
Old Sergeant, The, 184.
On a Certain Condescension in Foreigners, 141.
One Hoss Shay, The, 135, 188.
Oregon Trail, The, 147.
Ormond, 63, 64.
"Orpheus C. Kerr," 193.
Orphic Sayings, 105.
Osgood, Mrs. K. P., 184.
Otis, James, 43-45.
Our Master, 158.
Our Old Home, 119.
Out of the Question, 209.
Outcasts of Poker Flat, The, 199, 200.
Outre-Mer, 124.
Overland Monthly, The, 199.
Over-Soul, The, 105.

Paine, R. T., 60.
Paine, Tom, 51-53.
Panorama, The, 157.
Paper, 39.
Parker, Theodore, 97-100, 106.
Parkman, Francis, 123, 145, 146, 147.
Parlor Car, The, 210.
Partisan, The, 168.
Passionate Pilgrim, A, 305.
Pathfinder, The, 83.
Paulding, J. K., 72, 74, 79,80.
Payne, J. H., 84.
Pearl of Orr's Island, The, 175.
Pencilings by the Way, 169.
Pension Beaurepas, The, 206.
Percival, J. G., 175.
Percy, George, 12, 19.
"Peter Parley," 69.
"Petroleum V. Nasby," 193.
Phenomena Quaedam Apocalyptica, 33.
Phillips, Wendell, 122, 123, 147, 148, 157,
Philosophic Solitude, 53.
Philosophy of Composition, 163.
Phoenixiana, 189.
Piatt, J. J., 184, 202, 208.
Pictures of Memory, 173.
Pilot, The, 84.
Pink and White Tyranny, 175.
Pinkney, E. C., 85.
Pioneer, The, 138.
Pioneers, The, 71, 83.
Pioneers of France in the New World, 147.
Plain Language from Truthful James, 200
Planting of the Apple-Tree, The, 155.
Plato, Emerson on, 108.
Poe, E. A., 63, 80, 85, 106, 116, 117, 130, 138,
150, 153, 160-169, 182, 186, 196.
Poems of the Orient, 171.
Poems of Two Friends, 208.
Poems on Slavery, 128.
Poet at the Breakfast Table, The, 136.
Poetic Principle, The, 164.
Poetry: A Metrical Essay, 133.
Poet's Hope, A, 105.
Political Green House, The, 56.
Pollard, E. A., 182.
Pons, Maximus, 173.
Poor Richard's Almanac, 39, 40.
Portraits of Places, 207.
Prairie, The, 83.
Prentice, G. D., 156, 189.
Prescott, W. H., 123, 145, 146, 151, 182.
Present Crisis, The, 140.
Pride of the Village, The, 77.
Prince Deukalion, 171.
Prince of Parthia, The, 63.
Problem, The, 110.
Professor at the Breakfast Table, The, 136, 137.
Progress to the Mines, A, 17.
Prologue, The, 135.
Prophecy of Samuel Sewell, The, 33.
Prophet, The, 171.
Psalm of Life, The, 126, 127.
Purloined Letter, The, 163.
Putnam's Monthly, 123, 197.

Quaker Widow, The, 171.
Quincy, Josiah, 43-45.