American Literature 



BY 



MILDRED CABELL WATKINS. 

 Flexible cloth, i8mo. 224 pages. Price, 35 cents. 



THE eminently practical character of this work will 

 at once commend it "to all who are interested in 

 forming and guiding the literary tastes of the young, 

 and especially 'to teachers who have long felt the need of a 

 satisfactory text-book in American literature which will 

 give pupils a just appreciation of its character and worth 

 as compared with the literature of other countries. In 

 this convenient volume the story of American literature is 

 told to young Americans in a manner which is at once 

 brief, simple, graceful, and, at the same time, impressive 

 and intelligible. The marked features and characteristics 

 of this work may be stated as follows : 



Due prominence is given to the works of the real makers of our 

 American literature. 



All the leading authors are grouped in systematic order and classes. 



Living writers, including minor authors, are also given their proper 

 share of attention. 



A brief summary is appended to each chapter to aid the memory in 

 fixing the salient facts of the narrative. 



Estimates of the character and value of an author's productions are 

 often crystallized in a single phrase, so quaint and expressive that it is 

 not easily forgotten by the reader. 



Numerous select extracts from our greatest writers are given in their 

 proper connection. 



Copies of Watkins s American Literature will be sent prepaid by the 

 publishers on receipt of the price . 



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