A History of American Literature

by Percy Holmes Boynton

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A HISTORY OF AMERICAN
LITERATURE

BY

PERCY H. BOYNTON

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

AUTHOR OF “PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION,” “LONDON IN ENGLISH LITERATURE,” EDITOR OF “AMERICAN POETRY”

GINN AND COMPANY

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