The golden spike; a centennial remembrance

American Geographical Society Of New York, E. Roland (Edward Roland) Harriman

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• Rail transport
• History of the United States

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 3
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
AT LOS ANGELESI
UNIFORM WITH TUia VOLUME,
SCHILLER'S POEMS AND BALLADS.
TRANSLATED BY
SIR EDWARD BULWER BART.LYTTON,
a on itd.
SHiilj portrait tirgrafob
Price $1.50.
PUBLISHED BY CLARK & MAYNARD,
BARCLAY5 NEW YORK.STREET,THE
POEMS,
ANDSACRED, PASSIONATE, HUMOROUS,
NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS.
COMPLETE EDITION.
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NEW YORK:
CLARK & PUBLISHERS,MAYNARD,
5 BARCLAY STREET,
1869.
146003in the 1S6S,t.. Act of year t-yKntcred according Congress,
& MAYNARD,CLARK
lor theof the United Statesof the District Courtlit the Clerk's Office
of New York.Southern
Printed by
Electrotrped by
C. A AI.VORD.
SMITH 4 McDocGAi,
Vandewater St.15?4 Beefcman St.BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS was born in Portland,
1806. His father was the venerableMaine, January 20,
Nathaniel who in 1816 founded the Boston Re-Willis,
corder everthe first Thepublished.religious newspaper
future received an excellentpoet preparatory education,
at and then enteredthe Boston Latinprincipally School,
Yale where he in 1827.College, graduated Previously
to this he had written and somepublished anonymously
of of a andpoems great merit, chiefly religious character,
won a of dollars at that time a liberalprize fifty very
one for the best offered the of onepoem, by publishers
of the annuals. Soon after Mr. Willisleaving college,
andcollected his in a whichpublished poems volume,
attracted no little attention. Some of the in thispieces
collection are not to rank with theunworthy productions
of the author's matured genius.
Mr. Willis's tastes and talents induced instead ofhim,
a literature asto devote himself tostudying profession,
a and soon after his he assumed thepursuit, graduation,IV BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
"
of the a series of volumes ofeditorship Legendary,"
tales S. G. Goodrich. He nextpublished by established,
in the American and ralliedBoston, Monthly Magazine,
around it a circle of talented whom hecontributors,
with his own ambition and zeal. To theinspired pages
of this work he contributed brilliant andmany papers ;
Editor'sits in which he treated of currentTable, literary
of and was emi-topics, art, books, personal experience,
and readable. At the of twonently sparkling expiration
the was into the New Yorkyears, Magazine merged
the most of theMirror, flourishing literary journal day,
conducted P. and Mr. Willisby George Morris, gratified
a desire His first im-long-cherished by visiting Europe.
of the Old received at the mostpressions World, enjoy-
the Mirror inable of were communicated toperiod life,
which met with aa series of prodigioussparkling letters,
"
had not then been done to deathsuccess. Europe ;"
and sketches of its its art. its distin-dashing scenery,
andmen and as viewed an ardentguished women, by
with the keengifted American, young, impressionable,
theof the and cameartist, upon publicperceptions poet
The of these sketcheslike a series of revelations. style
was and such a fascination that itadmirable, possessed
fiu-was to a detached extract withoutimpossible begin