American Literature

In the Colonial and National Periods

By the Same Author.

THE HISTORY OF ORATORY FROM THE AGE OF PERICLES TO THE PRESENT TIME.

THE OCCASIONAL ADDRESS: ITS COMPOSITION

AND LITERATURE. A STUDY IN DEMONSTRATIVE ORATORY.

PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF LITERARY CRITICISM.

in the

Colonial and National Periods

BY

LORENZO SEARS, L.H.D.
Professor in Brown University

Boston

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