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The American Spirit in Literature

Bliss Perry

The United States of America has been from the beginning in a perpetual change. The physical and mental restlessness of the American and the temporary nature of many of his arrangements are largely du..

John Greenleaf Whittier: A sketch of his life, with selected poems

Bliss Perry

Whittier’s direct contact with the soil and his intense interest in localities made him also an unequalled interpreter of sectional feeling. “Massachusetts to Virginia” is perhaps the finest example o..