Initial Studies in American Letters

by Henry A. Beers

Rag Man and Rag Woman, The, 196.
Randall, J. R., 183.
Randolph, John, 46.
Raven, The, 163, 165.
Read, T. B., 173.
Reaper and the Flowers, The, 126.
Rebellion Record, The, 183.
Recollections of a Life-time, 69, 72.
Red Rover, The, 84.
Register, The, 210.
Remarks on Associations, 91.
Remarks on National Literature, 91, 100.
Reply to Hayne, Webster's, 87.
Representative Men, 102, 107, 109.
Resignation, 128.
Reveries of a Bachelor, 175.
Rhoecus, 138.
Rhymes of Travel, 171.
Riding to Vote, 184.
Rights of the British Colonies, 45.
Ripley, George, 95, 99, 100, 106, 151.
Rip Van Winkle, 75.
Rip Van Winkle, M.D., 134.
Rise and Fall of the Confederate States, 182.
Rise and Fall of the Slave Power, 182.
Rise of the Dutch Republic, 146.
Rob of the Bowl, 168.
Roderick Hudson, 206.
Roughing It, 193, 194.

Salmagundi, 74, 79, 155.
Sandys, George, 16, 19.
San Francisco, 198.
Scarlet Letter, The, 35, 117, 118.
School Days, 156.
Schoolcraft, H. R., 130.
Science of English Verse, 202.
Scribner's Monthly, 197.
Scripture Poems, 169.
Seaside and Fireside, 126, 127.
Seaweed, 127, 129.
Selling of Joseph, The, 33.
September Gale, The, 133.
Sewall, J, M., 60.
Sewall, Samuel, 32, 33.
Shakespeare, Ode, 89.
Shaw, H. W., 193.
Shepherd of King Admetus, The, 138.
Sheridan's Ride, 173.
Shillaber, B. P., 189.
Sigourney, Mrs. L. H., 107, 175.
Silas, Lapham, 209.
Simms, W. G., 168.
Simple Cobbler of Agawam, The, 20.
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, 35.
Skeleton in Armor, The, 127.
Skeleton in the Closet, The, 196.
Sketch Book, The, 73-75, 77.
Skipper Ireson's Ride, 158.
Sleeper, The, 165.
Sleeping Car, The, 63.
Smith, Elihu, 55.
Smith, John, 11, 12, 15, 19, 24.
Smith, Seba, 189.
Snow-Bound, 159.
Society and Solitude, 107.
Song for a Temperance Dinner, 134.
Song of the Chattahoochie, 202.
Southern Literary Messenger, The, 160, 162.
Southern Passages and Pictures, 169.
Sparkling and Bright, 170.
Specimen Days, 180.
Specimens of Foreign Standard Literature, 100.
Sphinx, The, 135.
Sprague, Charles, 89.
Spring, 170.
Spy, The, 83.
Squibob Papers, 180.
Star Papers, 176.
Star-Spangled Banner, The, 60, 80.
Stedman, E. C., 197.
Stephens, A. H., 182.
Stith, William, 17.
Stoddard, R. H., 170, 197.
Story of Kennett, The, 172.
Stowe, Mrs. H. B., 174, 175.
Strachey, William, 11.
Stuart, Moses, 98.
Suburban Sketches, 208.
Sumner, Charles, 122, 132, 124, 142, 148, 157, 174.
Supernaturalism in New England, 160.
Swallow Barn, 168.
Swinton, W., 183.
Sybaris and Other Homes, 195.

Tales of a Traveler, 75.
Tales of a Wayside Inn, 159.
Tales of the Glauber Spa, 155.
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque, 166.
Tamerlane, 161.
Tanglewood Tales, 119.
Taylor, Bayard, 170-173.
Telling the Bees, 159.
Ten Times One is Ten, 195.
Tennessee's Partner, 200.
Tent on the Beach, The, 159.
Thanatopsis, 68, 80, 125, 152, 153, 155.
Their Wedding Journey, 208.
Theology, Dwight's, 58.
Thirty Poems, 154.
Thoreau, H. D., 93, 96, 106, 109, 110, 114,
119, 122, 123, 125, 151, 179, 182.
Timrod, Henry, 184.
To a Waterfowl, 153.
To Helen, 162.
To M—— from Abroad, 170.
To One in Paradise, 165.
To Seneca Lake, 175.
Tour on the Prairies, A, 71.
Tramp Abroad, A, 193.
Transcendentalist, The, 101, 102.
Travels, Dwight's, 53.
Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, 36.
Triumph of Infidelity, 58.
True Grandeur of Nations, The, 149.
True Relation, Smith's, 15.
True Repertory of the Wrack of Sir Thomas Gates, 11.
Trumbull, John, 54, 55, 73.
Twice-Told Tales, 115, 117, 118.
Two Rivers, 112.
Tyler, Royall, 63.

Ulalume, 165.
Uncle Ned, 173.
Uncle Remus, 202.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, 174.
Under the Willows, 142.
Undiscovered Country, The, 209.
Unknown Dead, The, 184.
Unseen Spirits, 170.

Valley of Unrest, The, 162.
Vanity Fair, 190.
Vassall Morton, 145.
Venetian Life, 208.
Views Afoot, 171.
Villa Franca, 142.
Village Blacksmith, The, 127.
Virginia Comedians, The, 196.
Vision of Columbus, The, 56, 57.
Vision of Sir Launfal, The, 140, 141.
Visit from St. Nicholas, A, 170.
Voices of Freedom, 157.
Voices of the Night, 124, 126.
Voluntaries, 110.
Von Kempelen's Discovery, 154.

Walden, 111.
Wants of Man, The, 85.
War Lyrics, 184.
Ward, Nathaniel, 20.
Ware, Henry, 99.
Washers of the Shroud, The, 142.
Washington, George, 49, 51.
Washington as a Camp, 185.
Washington Square, 185.
'Way Down South, 173.
Webster, Daniel, 73, 86-89, 90, 158, 187.
Webster's Spelling-Book, 69.
Week on the Concord and Merrimac Rivers, A, 111.
Western Windows, 202.
Westminster Abbey, 77.
Westover MSS., The, 16.
Westward Ho! 72.
What Mr. Robinson thinks, 140.
What was It?, 186.
Whistle, The, 39.
Whitaker, Alexander, 18.
White, R. G., 197.
Whitman, Walt, 126, 176-180, 183.
Whittier, J. G., 18, 25, 26, 32, 33, 93, 133,
138, 155-160, 167, 174, 175, 179, 183, 185, 197.
Wieland, 63, 65.
Wigglesworth, Michael, 34.
Wild Honeysuckle, The, 61.
Wilde, R. H., 84.
William Wilson, 166.
Williams, Roger, 22, 23.
Willis, N. P., 71, 153, 169, 171, 176.
Willson Forceythe, 184.
Wilson, Henry, 182.
Winter Evening Hymn to My Fire, 142,
Winthrop, John, 12, 21, 23-28, 31, 33.
Winthrop, Theodore, 184.
Witchcraft, 143.
Witch's Daughter, The, 157.
Wolfert's Roost, 75.
Wolfert Webber, 75.
Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 105.
Wonder Book, 119.
Wonders of the Invisible World, 21, 32.
Woods, Leonard, 98.
Woods in Winter, 125.
Woodman, Spare that Tree, 170.
Woodworth, Samuel, 84.
Woolman's Journal, 65, 66, 157.
Wound-Dresser, The, 178.
Wrath Upon the Wicked, 35.
Wreck of the Hesperus, The, 127, 129.

Yankee Doodle, 59.
Yankee in Canada, 111.
Year's Life, A, 138.
Yemassee, The, 168.