The Embargo, or Sketches of the Times-A Satire. By a Youth of Thirteen Begins to learn Latin, and translates part of the first book of the Aeneid The Embargo. Second Edition, corrected and enlarged, together with The Spanish Revolution and other 1808 13 14 1809 15 1810 16 Enters at Williams College, and writes a great deal of Leaves Williams College to prepare for entering Yale, but from his father's want of means this purpose was not fulfilled Begins to study Law, at Worthington, Mass. (Dec.) 1811 16 17 1814 19 1816-1817 21-22 1816 21 'Thanatopsis' published in the North American Writes his first nature-poems Begins practice at Cummington Review (Sept.) 1817 22 Composes To a Waterfowl' on a walk to Plainfield Enters into a partnership at Great Barrington, and Writes poems and reviews for the North American DATE. AGE. 1818 23 1818-24 23-29 Elected Tithingman and Town Clerk of Cummington, and appointed Justice of the Peace Death of his father (March 20) Writes six hymns for a Unitarian Hymnal 1819 24 . 25 Delivers an oration in the Stockbridge Church (July 4) Marries Miss Fanny Fairchild (June 11) Reads his poem, 'The Ages', in the Old Congregational Is invited by the Phi Beta Kappa Society to deliver Writes an unsuccessful farce called The Heroes 1820 1825-7 30-32 1826 31 Delivers four lectures on poetry before the American Becomes assistant-editor of the New York Evening Post Appointed Professor at the National Academy of the Arts of Design, and reads five lectures on mytho- 1827 33 1828 Recites an Ode at the Jackson Dinner (Jan. 8) Poems by William Cullen Bryant, an American. Poems. New York Contributes two stories to Tales of Glauber-Spa, á collection of stories by five authors Visits the prairies . DATE. AGE. 1832 37 Visits Montreal and Quebec (Summer) Poems. Boston. (Including three new poems) 1833 38 1834 39 Sails for Europe with his family (June 24, 1834) and visits France, Italy, the Tyrol, Munich, and Heidelberg (where he meets Longfellow) 1834-6 Sails for home, and arrives in New York, March 26. 1836 Poems. Fifth edition. New York. (Including one new poem) Is instrumental in publishing Dana's Two Years before the Mast 39-41 41 1839 44 45 195 Popular Considerations on Homoeopathia. New York 1841 46 Makes the acquaintance of Charles Dickens in New The Fountain, and other Poems. New York and London November Death of his mother, aged 80 (May) Visits Cuba, Scotland, Germany, and Switzerland, returning in December 1850 1852-3 58 1852 1854 59 Letters of a Traveller, or Notes of Things seen in Europe A Discourse on the Life and Genius of J. Fenimore Poems. Collected and Arranged by the Author. 2 vols. |