Buy this book on-line Higginson, Thomas Wentworth : Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHoughton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, MA, 1902
Original publisher's red cloth binding. 5" x 7 1/2." 336 pages, complete. One black and white frontispiece portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, complete. Two additional pages of advertisements for other books in the back. Appendix and index located in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. Very slight rubbing to the front cover and head and tail of spine. A Fine copy. A biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. Preface: "A Life of Longfellow has been from the beginning included in the plan of the 'American Men of Letters' series, but it has been delayed through a variety of causes. Like all memoirs of this poet, it must rest partly on the material amply furnished by the 'Life' so admirably prepared by his brother sixteen years ago, yet it may be well to explain that the present volume will be found marked by three especial characteristics of its own. First, much additional material is here drawn from the manuscript correspondence of the first Mrs. Longfellow, received from her family and bearing upon the poet's early married years and first visit to Europe, during what was undoubtedly the formative period of his life. Secondly, there is a good deal of material obtained from the manuscript volumes known as the 'Harvard College Papers' and preserved at the University Library, elucidating the academical side of Longfellow's life. Thirdly, there is a series of extracts from his earlier writings, dating from college days and not hitherto brought together, but showing the origin and growth of his lifelong desire to employ American material and to help the creation of a native literature; the desire which had its final fulfilment in 'Evangeline' and 'Hiawatha.' These three sources will be found, if the author is not mistaken, to have afforded distinct contributions to our previous knowledge as to Longfellow's character and work.". Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Higginson, Thomas Wentworth : Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including used books, livres rares, out-of-print books, rare books and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |