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American Men of Letters
HENRY WADSWORTHLONGFELLOW
BY
THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON
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BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1902
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COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published October, 1902
Of this edition Three Hundred Copies have beenprinted and bound entirely uncut with paper label
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PREFACE
A life of Longfellow has been from the beginningincluded in the plan of the “AmericanMen of Letters” series, but it has been delayedthrough a variety of causes. Like all memoirsof this poet, it must rest partly on the materialamply furnished by the “Life” so admirablyprepared by his brother sixteen years ago, yet itmay be well to explain that the present volumewill be found marked by three especial characteristicsof its own. First, much additionalmaterial is here drawn from the manuscriptcorrespondence of the first Mrs. Longfellow,received from her family and bearing upon thepoet’s early married years and first visit toEurope, during what was undoubtedly the formativeperiod of his life. Secondly, there is agood deal of material obtained from the manuscriptvolumes known as the “Harvard CollegePapers” and preserved at the UniversityLibrary, elucidating the academical side ofiv Longfellow’s life. Thirdly, there is a series ofextracts from his earlier writings, dating fromcollege days and not hitherto brought together,but showing the origin and growth of his lifelongdesire to employ American material and tohelp the creation of a native literature; thedesire which had its final fulfilment in “Evangeline”and “Hiawatha.” These three sourceswill be found, if the author is not mistaken,to have afforded distinct contributions to ourprevious knowledge as to Longfellow’s characterand work.
T. W. H.
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CONTENTS
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I.Longfellow as a                         
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