BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES

For extended bibliographies of all the writers discussed in this volume consult The Cambridge History of American Literature (1917–21) issued in four volumes by the publishers of this abridgment. In the following lists the name of the publisher is given only when the book is still in print.

General Authorities

Anthologies: Library of Southern Literature, compiled by E. A. Alderman, C. W. Kent, and others, 1908-13, 16 vols.; Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1913 [1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921] and Yearbook of American Poetry, edited by W. S. Braithwaite, 1913-(Small, Maynard); American Orations, edited by A. Johnston and J. A. Woodburn, 4 vols. (Putnam); American Familiar Verse, edited by B. Matthews, 1904 (Longmans, Green); The Oxford Book of American Essays, edited by B. Matthews, 1914 (Oxford); Representative Plays by American Dramatists, edited by M. J. Moses, 1917—, 3 vols. (Dutton); American Literary Criticism, edited by W. M. Payne, 1904 (Longmans, Green); Representative American Plays, edited by A. H. Quinn, 1917 (Century); An American Anthology 1787-1900, edited by E. C. Stedman, 1900 (Houghton Mifflin); A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, edited by E. C. Stedman and Ellen M. Hutchinson, 1889-1890, 11 vols.; Poems of American History, edited by B. E. Stevenson, 1908 (Houghton Mifflin); Colonial Prose and Poetry, edited by W. P. Trent and B. W. Wells, 1901, 3 vols. (Crowell); Southern Writers, edited by W. P. Trent, 1905 (Macmillan).

History and Criticism: A Dictionary of American Authors, by O. F. Adams, 5th edition, 1905 (Houghton Mifflin); A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors, by S. A. Allibone, 1857-71, 3 vols., and Supplement, by J. F. Kirk, 1891, 2 vols. (5 vols., Lippincott); American Prose Masters, by W. C. Brownell, 1909 (Scribner); Cyclopædia of American Literature, by E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, 1855, 2 vols., Supplement 1866, revised edition of entire work by M. L. Simons, 1875, 2 vols.; Leading American Novelists, by J. Erskine, 1910 (Holt); A History of the Theatre in America, by A. Hornblow, 1919, 2 vols. (Lippincott); The Spirit of American Literature, by J. Macy, 1911 (Boni and Liveright); American Lands and Letters, by D. G. Mitchell, 1897-99, 2 vols. (Scribner); A History of American Literature Since 1870, by F. L. Pattee, 1915 (Century); American Literature 16071885, by C. F. Richardson, 1887-89, 2 vols. (Putnam); American Thought from Puritanism to Pragmatism, by W. Riley, 1915 (Holt); A Manual of American Literature, edited by T. Stanton, 1909 (Putnam); Poets of America, by E. C Stedman, 1885 (Houghton Mifflin); A History of American Literature 1607– 1865, by W. P. Trent, 1903 (Appleton); Great American Writers, by W. P.

Trent and J. Erskine, 1912 (Holt); A History of American Literature during the Colonial Period 1607-1765, by M. C. Tyler, 1878, 2 vols. (Putnam); The Literary History of the American Revolution 1763–1783, by M. C. Tyler, 1897, 2 vols. (Putnam); two preceding works also in 2 vols. (Putnam); The American Novel, by C. Van Doren, 1921 (Macmillan); A Literary History of America, by B. Wendell, 1900 (Scribner); Chronological Outlines of American Literature, by S. L. Whitcomb, 1894 (Macmillan); America in Literature, by G. E. Woodberry, 1903 (Harper); also various histories for the use of schools and colleges, notable among them being those by Katherine Lee Bates (Macmillan, 1897), P. H. Boynton (Ginn, 1919), W. C. Bronson (Heath, revised edition, 1919), W. B. Cairns (Oxford, 1912), W. J. Long (Ginn, 1913), B. Matthews (American Book, 1896), F. L. Pattee (Silver, Burdett, 1909), B. Wendell and C. N. Greenough (Scribner, 1904).

CHAPTER I

Edwards: Works, edited by S. Austin, Worcester, 1808, in 8 vols., and frequently reprinted; Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards: Selections from Their Writings, edited by Carl Van Doren, 1920 (Scribner); Jonathan Edwards, by A. V. G. Allen, 1889 (Houghton Mifflin). Franklin: Works, edited by A. H. Smyth, 1905, 1907, 10 vols. (Macmillan); numerous editions of the Autobiography, the best of them being that edited by John Bigelow in 1874 (Lippincott) and regularly reprinted; Benjamin Franklin and Jonathan Edwards: Selections from Their Writings (see under Edwards); Benjamin Franklin Self-Revealed, by William Cabell Bruce, 1917, 2 vols. (Putnam); The True Benjamin Franklin, by S. G. Fisher, 1899 (Lippincott); Benjamin Franklin as a Man of Letters, by J. B. McMaster, 1887 (Houghton Mifflin); Benjamin Franklin, by J. T. Morse, Jr., 1889 (Houghton Mifflin); Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin, by James Parton, 1864, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin).

CHAPTER II

Irving: Works, published complete in various editions by Putnam; also various separate works in many editions by various publishers; The Life and Letters of Washington Irving, by P. M. Irving, 1862-64, 4 vols. (Putnam); Washington Irving, by C. D. Warner, 1881 (Houghton Mifflin).

Bryant: Life and Works, 1884-89, 6 vols.; Poems, Roslyn Edition, 1903, 1910 (Appleton); William Cullen Bryant, by John Bigelow, 1890 (Houghton Mifflin); William Cullen Bryant, by W. A. Bradley, 1905 (Macmillan); Bryant and His Friends, by J. G. Wilson, 1886.

Cooper: Works, 32 vols. with introductions by Susan Fenimore Cooper (Houghton Mifflin); Works, 33 vols. (Putnam); various editions of separate novels by various publishers; James Fenimore Cooper by T. R. Lounsbury, 1883 (Houghton Mifflin); James Fenimore Cooper, by Mary E. Phillips, 1913 (Lane).

CHAPTER III

Poe: Works, edited by E. C. Stedman and G. E. Woodberry, 1914, 10 vols. (Scribner); Works, edited by J. A. Harrison, 1902, 17 vols. (Crowell); Poems, edited by J. H. Whitty, 1911, 1917 (Houghton Mifflin); Poems, edited by Killis Campbell, 1917 (Ginn); tales in various editions by various publishers;

Selections from the Critical Writings, edited by F. C. Prescott, 1909 (Holt); Life and Letters of Poe, by J. A. Harrison, 1903, 2 vols. (Crowell-actually revision of vols. I and 17 of Works edited by Harrison); Edgar Allan Poe: How to Know Him, by C. Alphonso Smith, 1921 (Bobbs-Merrill); Edgar Allan Poe, by G. E. Woodberry, 1885 (Houghton Mifflin); The Life of Edgar Allan Poe, by G. E. Woodberry, 1909, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin).

CHAPTER IV

Emerson: Works, 12 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Journals, 1909–14, 10 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); various editions of separate works by various publishers; A Memoir of Ralph Waldo Emerson, by J. E. Cabot, 1887, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Ralph Waldo Emerson: How to Know Him, by S. M. Crothers, 1921 (Bobbs-Merrill); Ralph Waldo Emerson, by O. W. Firkins, 1915 (Houghton Mifflin); The Teachers of Emerson, by J. S. Harrison, 1910; Ralph Waldo Emerson, by O. W. Holmes, 1885 (Houghton Mifflin); Ralph Waldo Emerson, by G. E. Woodberry, 1907 (Macmillan). Hawthorne: Works, 13 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); various editions of separate works by various publishers; Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne, by Horatio Bridge, 1893; Life of Nathaniel Hawthorne, by M. D. Conway, 1890 (Walter Scott); Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Wife, by Julian Hawthorne, 1885, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Hawthorne and His Circle, by Julian Hawthorne (1903); Hawthorne, by Henry James, 1879 (Macmillan); Memories of Hawthorne, by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, 1897; Nathaniel Hawthorne, by G. E. Woodberry, 1902 (Houghton Mifflin); Nathaniel Hawthorne: How to Know Him, by G. E. Woodberry, 1918 (Bobbs-Merrill). Thoreau: Works, 11 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Works, including Journals, 20 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); various editions of separate works by various publishers; Thoreau the Poet-Naturalist, by W. E. Channing, 1873, 1902; The Life of Henry David Thoreau, by F. B. Sanborn, 1917 (Houghton Mifflin); Henry David Thoreau: A Critical Study, by Mark Van Doren, 1916 (Houghton Mifflin).

CHAPTER V

Longfellow: Works, 11 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Poetical Works, Cambridge Edition (Houghton Mifflin); various incomplete editions and editions of separate works by various publishers; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, by G. R. Carpenter, 1901 (Small, Maynard); Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, by S. Longfellow, 1891, 3 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, by T. W. Higginson, 1902 (Houghton Mifflin). Whittier: Works, 7 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Poetical Works, Cambridge Edition (Houghton Mifflin); various incomplete editions and editions of separate works by various publishers; John Greenleaf Whittier, by G. R. Carpenter, 1903 (Houghton Mifflin); John Greenleaf Whittier, by T. W. Higginson, 1902 (Macmillan); The Life and Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, by S. T. Pickard, 1894, 1907, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin).

Holmes: Works, 14 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); various editions of separate works by various publishers; Poetical Works, Cambridge Edition (Houghton Mifflin); Dr. Holmes's Boston, edited by Caroline Ticknor (Houghton Mifflin); Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes, by J. T. Morse, Jr., 1897, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin).

Lowell: Works, 11 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Poetical Works, Cambridge Edition

(Houghton Mifflin); various incomplete editions and editions of separate works by various publishers; James Russell Lowell, by F. Greenslet, 1905 (Houghton Mifflin); James Russell Lowell, by H. E. Scudder, 1901, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin).

Melville: Works, 4 vols. (Dana, Estes); various editions of Typee, Omoo, Moby Dick by various publishers; Herman Melville: Mariner and Mystic, by Raymond Weaver, 1921 (Doran).

Mrs. Stowe: Works, 15 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); various editions of Uncle Tom's Cabin, by various publishers; Life and Letters of Harriet Beecher Stowe by Annie Fields, 1897 (Houghton Mifflin); Harriet Beecher Stowe, by C. E. and L. B. Stowe, 1911 (Houghton Mifflin).

CHAPTER VI

Lincoln: Works, edited by J. G. Nicolay and John Hay, 1894, 2 vols. (Century); Works, Gettysburg Edition, 12 vols. (Tandy-Thomas); various collected editions; Lincoln-Douglas Debates, edited by E. E. Sparks, 1908 (Illinois Historical Society); various editions by various publishers; Speeches and Letters, edited by James Bryce, 1907 (Dutton); various volumes of selections; Uncollected Letters, edited by G. A. Tracy, 1917 (Houghton Mifflin); Six Months at the White House with Abraham Lincoln, by F. B. Carpenter, 1866; Abraham Lincoln, by Lord Charnwood, 1916 (Holt); Herndon's Lincoln, by W. H. Herndon and J. W. Weik, 1889, 3 vols.; suppressed and later issued as Abraham Lincoln, 2 vols. (Appleton); Abraham Lincoln, by J. T. Morse, Jr., 1893, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Abraham Lincoln: A History, by J. G. Nicolay and John Hay, 1890, 10 vols. (Century); Abraham Lincoln, by Carl Schurz, 1891 (Houghton Mifflin); Abraham Lincoln and the Union, by N. W. Stephenson, 1918 (Yale); Life of Abraham Lincoln, by Ida M. Tarbell, 1900, 2 vols. (Doubleday, Page); Abraham Lincoln, by Brand Whitlock, 1909, 1916 (Small, Maynard).

CHAPTER VII

Whitman: Complete Writings, 1902, 10 vols.; Leaves of Grass, 1917, 3 vols. in I (Doubleday, Page); Complete Prose Works (Doubleday, Page); various volumes of selections from prose and verse by various publishers; The Uncollected Poetry and Prose of Walt Whitman, edited by Emory Holloway, 2 vols., 1921 (Doubleday, Page); Walt Whitman, by Leon Bazalgette, 1920 (Doubleday, Page); Whitman: A Study, by John Burroughs, 1867, 1896 (Houghton Mifflin); Walt Whitman, by G. R. Carpenter, 1909 (Macmillan); Walt Whitman: A Critical Study, by Basil de Selincourt, 1814 (London: Secker); Walt Whitman: His Life and Work, by Bliss Perry, 1906, 1908 (Houghton Mifflin); Walt Whitman: A Study, by J. A. Symonds, 1893 (Dutton); With Walt Whitman in Camden, by H. L. Traubel, 1906-14, 3 vols. (Doubleday, Page); In Re Walt Whitman, edited by H. L. Traubel, R. M. Bucke, and T. B. Harned, 1893.

CHAPTER VIII

Mark Twain: Works, 18 vols., 25 vols. (Harper); The Ordeal of Mark Twain, by Van Wyck Brooks, 1920 (Dutton); My Mark Twain, by W. D. Howells, 1910 (Harper); Mark Twain: A Biography, by A. B. Paine, 1912, 3 vols. (Harper).

Howells: Works, never collected but published for the most part by Houghton Mifflin and Scribner; William Dean Howells, by A. Harvey, 1917 (Huebsch). Henry James: Works, New York Edition, 1907–17, 26 vols. (Scribner); 35 vols., 1921-(London: Macmillan); Letters, 1920, 2 vols. (Scribner); The Method of Henry James, by J. W. Beach, 1918 (Yale); Henry James, by Rebecca West, 1916 (Holt).

Lanier: Works not collected but chiefly published by Scribner; Poems, edited by Mrs. Lanier (Scribner); Sidney Lanier, by E. Mims, 1905 (Houghton Mifflin). Harris: Works not collected but chiefly published by Houghton Mifflin; Life and Letters, by Julia Collier Harris, 1918 (Houghton Mifflin).

CHAPTER IX

The Short Story: The Short Story in English, by H. S. Canby, 1909 (Holt); The Philosophy of the Short Story, by B. Matthews, 1901 (Longmans, Green); The American Short Story, by C. A. Smith, 1912 (Ginn); Our Short Story Writers, by Blanche Colton Williams, 1920 (Moffat, Yard); Representative American Short Stories, by A. Jessup (an anthology of over seventy stories to be published by Allyn and Bacon during 1922); The Best Short Stories of 1915 [1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 and 1921] and The Year-book of the American Short Story, edited by E. J. O'Brien, 1916-(Small, Maynard); Century Readings for a Course in American Literature [contains over thirty short stories], edited by F. L. Pattee, 1919 (Century).

CHAPTER X

Prescott: Works, 16 vols. (Lippincott); various editions of separate works by various publishers; William Hickling Prescott, by R. Ogden, 1905 (Houghton Mifflin); William Hickling Prescott, by H. T. Peck, 1905 (Macmillan); Life of William Hickling Prescott, by G. Ticknor, 1864 (Lippincott). Motley: Works, 17 vols. (Harper); various editions of separate works by various publishers; Correspondence, 1889, 2 vols. (Harper); John Lothrop Motley: A Memoir, by O. W. Holmes, 1879 (Houghton Mifflin).

Parkman: Works, 12 vols. (Little, Brown); A Life of Francis Parkman, by C. H. Farnham, 1900 (Little, Brown); Francis Parkman, by H. D. Sedgwick, 1904 (Houghton Mifflin).

Henry Adams: Works not collected, but chiefly published by Houghton Mifflin and Scribner; The Education of Henry Adams, 1907, 1918 (Houghton Mifflin); Letters to a Niece and Prayer to the Virgin of Chartres, 1920 (Houghton Mifflin); A Cycle of Adams Letters 1861-1865, by Charles Francis Adams, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., and Henry Adams, 1920, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin). Ticknor: History of Spanish Literature, 3 vols. (Houghton Mifflin); Life, Letters, and Journals, 2 vols. (Houghton Mifflin).

Whitney: Works never collected and for the most part highly technical monographs and articles; Language and the Study of Language, 1867 (Scribner); The Life and Growth of Language (Appleton).

CHAPTER XI

Beecher: Works never collected; Lectures and Orations, edited by N. D. Hillis, 1913 (Revell); Henry Ward Beecher, by L. Abbott, 1903 (Houghton Mifflin). Brooks: Works never collected; Twenty Sermons (also called Visions and Tasks