POETS

OF AMERICA

BY

EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN

AUTHOR OF "VICTORIAN POETS ""

Copyright, 1885,

BY EDMUND CLARENCE STEDMAN.

Copyright, 1913,

BY LAURA STEDMAN.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE
THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY FORM

404529 FEB 17 1934

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TO

THE YOUNGER WRITERS OF AMERICA

THIS WORK,

CHIEFLY A REVIEW OF OUR FIRST DISTINCTIVE
LYRICAL PERIOD,

Es cordially Enscribed.