Download or read book History of American Verse (1610-1897) (Classic Reprint) written by James Lawrence Onderdonk and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of American Verse (1610-1897) This outline may assist the reader to a more satisfac tory appreciation of this volume than he otherwise would have. Had Mr. Onderdonk lived to superintend the book's publication he would doubtless have revised and extended his notices of certain poets whom he briefly mentions in his concluding chapter. While I am aware that as these notices stand they are not altogether so full and explicit as their subjects deserve, yet they are as he wrote them, an inherent part of the volume, and therefore I have not felt at liberty to change them. For I am persuaded that however much the reader may dif fer from the author's estimate of a poet or a poem, all will applaud the spirit in which that estimate is con ceived and offered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.