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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
efore his death. The close friend of Longfellow, Felton, was a genial soul, enthusiastic for antiquity, who rather deprecated minute grammatical study and overmuch concern with choric metres and textual readings and emendations. These things he thought dried up the springs of human feeling in the student. He favoured instead the appreciative study of ancient and modern literatures together, paralleling Aeschylus with Shakespeare and Milton, comparing Sophocles and Euripides with Alfieri, Schiller, and Goethe, and contrasting Greek with French drama. He published (1834) Wolf's text of the Iliad with Flaxman's illustrations and his own notes; and made college editions of The Clouds, The birds, and the Agamemnon, and of the Panegyricus of Isocrates. The fruits of his journey were his Selections from modern Greek writers (1856) and several series of Lowell Institute lectures, published posthumously as Greece, ancient and modern. Theodore Dwight Woolsey (1801-89), who graduated at
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
day press (New York), 4 Saur, Christopher, 535, 536, 574, 575, 576 Saunders, W. H., 514 Saunders, W. L., 176 Saunterings, 123 Say, J. B., 431 Sayers, Joseph, 344 Scarecrow, the, 277 Scar-faced Charley, 160 Scarlet letter, the, 291, 582 Scenes and adventures in army life, 143 Scenes, incidents, and adventures in the Pacific ocean, 135 Schaff, Philip, 206, 207, 587 Schafmeyer, A., 582 Schelling, 227, 228, 245 Scheme . . . to encourage raising of Hemp, 426 Schiller, 460 Schley, Winfield S., 169 Schlozer, 577 Schluter, Herman, 600 Schnauffer, K. H., 581 Schneidewin, 465 Schnell, 577 Schoenhof, J., 440 Scholar of the Republic, the, 417 Scholia Plato), 465 School and Society, 423 School architecture, 408 School Lexicon (Lewis, C. T.), 463 Schoolmaster in literature, 417 School of politics, the, 598 Schoonover, T. J., 140 Schopenhauer, 245 Schopf, J. D., 577 Schouler, 322 Schrevelius, 449 Schurman,
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays, A plea for culture. (search)
n upon the distribution of elementary knowledge, but upon the high-water mark of its educated mind. Before the permanent tribunal, copyists and popularizers count for nothing, and even the statistics of common schools are of secondary value. So long as the sources of art and science are mainly Transatlantic, we are still a province, not a nation. For these are the highest pursuits of man, -higher than trades or professions, higher than statesmanship, far higher than war. Jean Paul said: Schiller and Herder were both destined for physicians, but Providence said, No, there are deeper wounds than those of the body,--and so they both became authors. It is observable that in English books and magazines everything seems written for some limited circle,--tales for those who can use French phrases, essays for those who can understand a Latin quotation. But every American writer must address himself to a vast audience, possessing the greatest quickness and common-sense, with but little
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Atlantic Essays, Literature as an art. (search)
ove his art, as the painter must love painting, out of all proportion to its rewards; or rather, the delight of the work must be its own reward. Any praise or guerdon hurts him, if it bring any other pleasure to eclipse this. The reward of a good sentence is to have written it; if it bring fame or fortune, very well, so long as this recompense does not intoxicate. The peril is, that all temporary applause is vitiated by uncertainty, and may be leading you right or wrong. Goethe wrote to Schiller, We make money by our poor books. The impression is somehow conveyed to the young, that there exists somewhere a circle of cultivated minds, gifted with discernment, who can distinguish at a glance between Shakespeare and Tupper. One may doubt the existence of any such contemporary tribunal. Certainly there is none such in America. Provided an author says something noticeable, and obeys the ordinary rules of grammar and spelling, his immediate public asks little more; and if he attem
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises, IX: George Bancroft (search)
ears longer, retired with health greatly impaired and a financial loss of twenty thousand dollars. Thus ended the Round Hill School. While at Round Hill, Mr. Bancroft prepared some text-books for his pupils, translating Heeren's Politics of ancient Greece (1824) and Jacobs's Latin Reader (1825),--the latter going through several editions. His first article in the North American Review, then the leading literary journal in the United States, appeared in October, 1823, and was a notice of Schiller's Minor poems, with many translations. From this time forward he wrote in almost every volume, but always on classical or German themes, until in January, 1831, he took up The Bank of the United States, and a few years later (October, 1835), The documentary history of the Revolution. These indicated the progress of his historical studies, which had also begun at Round Hill, and took form at last in his great history. The design of this monumental work was as deliberate as Gibbon's, and
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 48: Seward.—emancipation.—peace with France.—letters of marque and reprisal.—foreign mediation.—action on certain military appointments.—personal relations with foreigners at Washington.—letters to Bright, Cobden, and the Duchess of Argyll.—English opinion on the Civil War.—Earl Russell and Gladstone.—foreign relations.—1862-1863. (search)
ws that there is more work to be done. We are all agreed against that. Here is the first great offence; Evarts puts this as No. 1. To take back this bloody folly will be bad for your Cabinet; but sooner or later, in some way or other, it must be done. To R. Schleiden, September 14:— Truly, Germany united would be a great power, with a great history; with an early romance and Heldenbuch, with Minnesingers and Reinecke Fuchs, with Luther and Albert Durer, and then with Goethe and Schiller. I should like to see it a plural unit. Such a people—so numerous, so educated, so strong if united—must make a powerful and irresistible nation. If I were a German I should strive for this unity; therefore I enter into your solicitudes. But where does it all tend? Will unity be accomplished? And, still further, will it be a true, liberal, and just unity, not the compression of superior force? Again, November 2:— I enjoyed last evening the inauguration of our new organ P
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Oldport days, with ten heliotype illustrations from views taken in Newport, R. I., expressly for this work., Footpaths. (search)
telegraphic wire, while it hums and vibrates, charged with all fascinating secrets, above the heads of a wondering world. It is by the presence of pathways on the earth that we know it to be the habitation of man; in the barest desert, they open to us a common humanity. It is the absence of these that renders us so lonely on the ocean, and makes us glad to watch even the track of our own vessel. But on the mountain-top, how eagerly we trace out the road that brings places together, as Schiller says. It is the first thing we look for; till we have found it, each scattered village has an isolated and churlish look, but the glimpse of a furlong of road puts them all in friendly relations. The narrower the path, the more domestic and familiar it seems. The railroad may represent the capitalist or the government; the high-road indicates what the surveyor or the county commissioners thought best; but the footpath shows what the people needed. Its associations are with beauty and hu
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 1: Europe revisited--1877; aet. 58 (search)
ration, Kant her guide through many troublous years; Beethoven was like some great friend whose hand had led her along the heights, when her feet were bleeding from the stones of the valley. These were the Germans she knew; her Germany was theirs. Now she came in contact with this new Junker Germany, this harsh, military, unlovely country where Bismarck was the ruling spirit, and Von Moltke the idol of the hour. It was a rough awakening for one who had lived in the gentler Fatherland of Schiller and of Schubert. August 31, Berlin. Up early, and with carriage to see the review.... A great military display. The Emperor punctual at 10. Guten Morgen! shouted the troops when he came. The Crown Princess on horseback with a blue badge, Hussar cap. The kettle-drum man had his reins hitched, one on either foot, guiding his horse in this way, and beating his drums with both hands... . The Crown Princess, later the Empress Frederick, daughter of Queen Victoria, and mother of the pres
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Chapter 7: a summer abroad 1892-1893; aet. 73-74 (search)
llow dog is now to have his, and that the dog-star of this coming August will certainly be of his color. July 6. With Maud to Liberty's, where she beguiled me, alas! into buying a fine black silk mantle for six guineas. To Nutt's in the Strand for my Greek books. He had only the Nicomathean Ethics, a fine edition which I bought for twelve shillings. Then to Poole's in Hallowell Street, where bought two editions of Aristotle's Government, with English notes. At Poole's found a copy of Schiller's Robbers, which I bought for threepence. July 7. Afternoon tea with Mrs. Oscar, meeting an aunt of Mrs. Wilde's, and Mrs. Burne-Jones. The aunt had been in Japan — she had known Fenollosa and Professor Morse. Then to Mrs. Louise Chandler Moulton, who introduced a number of people, among them William Sharp, a poet. July 8. I had rashly promised to lunch with the Brooke Herfords at Hampstead, and to take fiveo'clock tea with Mrs. Rebecca Moore at Bedford Place. The Herfords were deli
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1, Index (search)
, 56. Sarasate, Pablo, II, 167. Saratoga, II, 78. Satolli, II, 245. Saturday Morning Club, I, 342-44, 353; II, 73, 157, 226, 227. Savage, M. J., II, 222. Savage, W. F., II, 273. Savoy, House of, II, 277. Saye and Sele, Lord, I, 133. Scala, Cane Grande della, II, 26. Scala, Cane Signoria della, II, 26. Schelling, Ernest, II, 367, 368, 373. Schelling, F. W. J. von, I, 196. Schenectady, I, 377; II, 162. Schenskowkhan, II, 17. Scherb, Mr., I, 142. Schiller, J. C. F. von, II, 20, 169. Schlesinger, Mrs., Barthold, II, 277. Schlesinger, Sebastian, II, 171. Schliemann, Heinrich, II, 5, 43. Schliemann, Mrs., II, 5, 7, 44. Schubert, Franz, II, 20, 71, 157. Schurz, Miss, II, 65. Schwalbach, II, 172, 173. Scotland, I, 88, 91, 92; II, 71, 166. Scott, Virginia, II, 249. Scott, Walter, I, 13, 91. Scott, Winfield, II, 249. Sears, Mrs. M., II, 210. Seattle, II, 133. Seeley, J. R., I, 313, 314; II, 6. Sembrich,
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