ISBN: 9780217304580

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not … More...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. EDITOEIAL EXPERIENCE AND LITEBAET VENTURES. 1828-1832. Mr. Whittier decided to enter the printing-office of the Colliers, and in December, 1828, we find him in Boston, a member of the household of Rev. Mr. Collier, a Baptist clergyman, the senior partner of the publishing firm. The Colliers, father and son, published two weekly papers and a monthly magazine. One of the weeklies was the American Manufacturer, a political journal, friendly to Henry Clay. The monthly was the Baptist Preacher. The partisan politics of the Manufacturer suited Mr. Whittier as well as did the cause represented by the Philanthropist, and it was the Henry Clay paper that bore his name at the head of its editorial columns, on the 1st of January, 1829. The new editor began a spirited discussion of the tariff question, favoring duties to protect American industries, and also wrote sketches and poems for each number of his paper. It was a temperance poem with which he led off, entitled Take Back the Bowl. This is the first stanza: -- Take back the bowl! I will not seal The hallowed memories of the past; They add no pangs to those I feel, Nor shadows on the future cast. Aye, take it back! let others bring Oblivion o''er the haunted soul; My memory is a blessed thing -- Away! away! take back the bowl. Nearly every number of the Manufacturer contained a poem by its editor, but scarcely any of them were considered by him worth preserving, even when he made his first collection of poems; and yet they were widely copied and gave him a constantly increasing reputation as a poet. In April, 1829, he began a series of satirical political poems, under the title of Tariffiana. It was soon after this he wrote the poetical tribute to Henry Clay, which was recited by t... Samuel Thomas Pickard, Books, History, Life And Letters Of John Greenleaf Whittier (volume 1) Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Volume: 1; Original Published by: Houghton, Mifflin in 1895 in 431 pages; Subjects: Art / Design / Book; Biography & Autobiography / Literary; History / General; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); Literary Collections / Letters; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / American / General; Literary Criticism / Poetry; Social Science / Slavery;<

ISBN: 9780217304580

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not … More...

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER III. EDITOEIAL EXPERIENCE AND LITEBAET VENTURES. 1828-1832. Mr. Whittier decided to enter the printing-office of the Colliers, and in December, 1828, we find him in Boston, a member of the household of Rev. Mr. Collier, a Baptist clergyman, the senior partner of the publishing firm. The Colliers, father and son, published two weekly papers and a monthly magazine. One of the weeklies was the American Manufacturer, a political journal, friendly to Henry Clay. The monthly was the Baptist Preacher. The partisan politics of the Manufacturer suited Mr. Whittier as well as did the cause represented by the Philanthropist, and it was the Henry Clay paper that bore his name at the head of its editorial columns, on the 1st of January, 1829. The new editor began a spirited discussion of the tariff question, favoring duties to protect American industries, and also wrote sketches and poems for each number of his paper. It was a temperance poem with which he led off, entitled Take Back the Bowl. This is the first stanza: -- Take back the bowl! I will not seal The hallowed memories of the past; They add no pangs to those I feel, Nor shadows on the future cast. Aye, take it back! let others bring Oblivion o''er the haunted soul; My memory is a blessed thing -- Away! away! take back the bowl. Nearly every number of the Manufacturer contained a poem by its editor, but scarcely any of them were considered by him worth preserving, even when he made his first collection of poems; and yet they were widely copied and gave him a constantly increasing reputation as a poet. In April, 1829, he began a series of satirical political poems, under the title of Tariffiana. It was soon after this he wrote the poetical tribute to Henry Clay, which was recited by t... Samuel Thomas Pickard, Books, History, Life And Letters Of John Greenleaf Whittier (volume 1) Books>History, General Books LLC<