02946cam a22003733u 4500 76822 UtSlPG 20260610134758.0 m cr n 260607r20251899utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 00000475 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Cody, Sherwin, 1868-1959 Four American poets Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-09-04 Jamie Brydone-Jack and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Four American poets : William Cullen Bryant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John…." by Sherwin Cody is a collection of biographical sketches written in the late 19th century. Aimed at young readers, it presents the lives and signature works of Bryant, Longfellow, Whittier, and Holmes in an uplifting, instructive tone. The focus is on character, industry, patriotism, and a cultivated love of nature and poetry. The opening of the volume frames the series’ purpose for “young Americans,” then devotes a full, readable life of William Cullen Bryant: a primer on loving Nature (with an extended look at his “Inscription for the Entrance to a Wood”), his Puritan New England childhood, early verses and “The Embargo,” the rediscovery and publication of “Thanatopsis,” a reluctant turn to law, and his defining career as editor of the New York Evening Post, including his disciplined habits, public principles, travels, prosperity, and later honors; it closes with practical guidance on how to appreciate his poems. It then turns to Henry W. Longfellow, tracing his Portland ancestry and boyhood, first publications, the local color behind “My Lost Youth,” Bowdoin days alongside Hawthorne, his early professorships, marriage and bereavement, the move to Cambridge and the Craigie House, and the convivial “Five of Clubs,” ending as his Cambridge circle and literary life come into view. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York, NY: Werner School Book Company, 1899 Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 -- Juvenile literature Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882 -- Juvenile literature Whittier, John Greenleaf, 1807-1892 -- Juvenile literature Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 1809-1894 -- Juvenile literature Poets, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature https://archive.org/details/fouramericanpoe01codygoog/page/n4/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76822 117547 117547