FOUR AMERICAN POETS WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES A BOOK FOR YOUNG AMERICANS BY SHERWIN CODY Author of “The Art of Short Story Writing,” “Story Composition,” “In the Heart of the Hills,” etc. [Illustration] WERNER SCHOOL BOOK COMPANY NEW YORK CHICAGO BOSTON THE FOUR GREAT AMERICANS SERIES Biographical Stories of Great Americans for Young Americans EDITED BY JAMES BALDWIN, Ph.D. In these biographical stories the lives of great Americans are presented in such a manner as to hold the attention of the youngest reader. In these lives the child finds the most inspiring examples of good citizenship and true patriotism. VOLUMES NOW READY: I. FOUR GREAT AMERICANS GEORGE WASHINGTON, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DANIEL WEBSTER, ABRAHAM LINCOLN BY JAMES BALDWIN, PH D. Cloth, 246 pages, Price, 50 cents II. FOUR AMERICAN PATRIOTS PATRICK HENRY, ALEXANDER HAMILTON ANDREW JACKSON, U. S. GRANT BY ALMA HOLMAN BURTON Author of “The Story of Our Country,” etc. Cloth, 254 pages, Price, 50 cents III. FOUR AMERICAN NAVAL HEROES PAUL JONES, OLIVER H. PERRY ADMIRAL FARRAGUT, ADMIRAL DEWEY BY MABEL BORTON BEEBE Cloth, 254 pages, Price, 50 cents IV. FOUR AMERICAN POETS WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT, HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES BY SHERWIN CODY Cloth, 254 pages, Price, 50 cents OTHER VOLUMES IN PREPARATION COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY WERNER SCHOOL BOOK COMPANY. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE THE STORY OF WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT I. THE LOVE OF NATURE 9 II. BRYANT’S CHILDHOOD 14 III. WHAT THE BOYS DID WHEN BRYANT WAS YOUNG 19 IV. THE YOUNG POET 23 V. THANATOPSIS 28 VI. BRYANT BECOMES A LAWYER 33 VII. A LITERARY ADVENTURER 37 VIII. THE EDITOR OF A GREAT NEWSPAPER 40 IX. HOW BRYANT BECAME RICH 46 X. BRYANT AS AN ORATOR AND PROSE WRITER 49 XI. OTHER EVENTS IN BRYANT’S LIFE 54