OF

AMERICAN LITERATURE:

EMBRACING

PERSONAL AND CRITICAL NOTICES OF AUTHORS,

AND SELECTIONS FROM THEIR WRITINGS,

FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT DAY;

WITH

Portraits, Autographs, and other Illustrations.

BY

EVERT A. DUYCKINCK AND GEORGE L. DUYCKINCK.

EDITED TO DATE BY M. LAIRD SIMONS.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

PHILADELPHIA:

BAXTER PUBLISHING CO.