The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21).
VOLUME XVI. Early National Literature, Part II; Later National Literature, Part I.
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ENERAL AUTHORITIES - Burton, W. E. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor. 2 vols. 1858.
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ILLIAM AUSTIN (1778–1841) - An Oration, Pronounced at Charlestown … Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker’s Hill. Charlestown, 1801.
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EORGE W. BAGBY (1828–1883) - John M. Daniels’s Latch-Key. Lynchburg [Va.], 1868.
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OSEPH GLOVER BALDWIN (1815–1864) - The Flush Times of Alabama and Mississippi. A Series of Sketches. 1853.
- Party Leaders. 1855.
- Mellen, G. F. Joseph G. Baldwin. Sewanee Review. Apr., 1901.
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OEL BARLOW (1754–1812)- [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
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HARLES FARRAR BROWNE (1834–1867) - [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
- Artemus Ward, His Book. 1862.
- Artemus Ward, His Travels. [1. Miscellaneous. 2. Among the Mormons.] 1865.
- Betsey Jane Ward. Hur Book of Goaks. 1866.
- Artemus Ward in London, and Other Papers. New York and London, 1867.
- Artemus Ward’s Panorama. New York and London, 1869.
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- Sandwiches. 1870.
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ILLIAM BYRD (1674–1744) - The Writings of “Colonel William Byrd of Westover in Virginia Esq.” Ed. Bassett, John S. 1901.
- Letters of William Byrd. Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. Richmond, 1916.
- See, also, Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
I. - Letters of William Byrd. Va. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. Richmond, 1916.
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EWIS GAYLORD CLARK (1810–1873) - The Knickerbocker Sketch-Book. 1850.
- Knick-Knacks from an Editor’s Table. 1852.
- Thorpe, T. B. Lewis Gaylord Clark. Harper’s Mag., vol. 48, p. 587.
- Knick-Knacks from an Editor’s Table. 1852.
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ILLIS GAYLORD CLARK (1810–1841) - The Spirit of Life. A Poem. Philadelphia, 1833.
- The Past and Present. A Poem. [Philadelphia], 1834.
- Poems. 1839, 1847.
- An Address on the Characters of Lafayette and Washington. Philadelphia, 1840.
- Literary Remains [including the Ollapodiana Papers] of the late W. G. Clark. Ed. Clark, L. G. 1844.
- Willis Gaylord Clark on American Literature in 1830. [A letter to William Jerdon.] Bulletin New York Public Library, vol. 10, pp. 181–3. 1906.
- The Past and Present. A Poem. [Philadelphia], 1834.
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ILLIAM COX (?–1851) - Crayon Sketches. By an Amateur. 2 vols. 1833.
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REDERICK SWARTOUT COZZENS (1818–1869) - Prismatics. By Richard Haywarde. 1853.
- The Sparrowgrass Papers, or, Living in the Country. 1856.
- To Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth. 1857.
- Acadia, or A Month with the Blue Noses. 1859.
- The Sayings of Dr. Bushwhacker, and Other Learned Men. 1867.
- Eulogy on Colonel Porter. 1865.
- Poems. 1867.
- Fitz-Greene Halleck; a Memorial. 1868.
- Private Theatricals, and Wives and Weathercocks. 1880.
- Sayings, Wise and Otherwise. 1880.
- The Sparrowgrass Papers, or, Living in the Country. 1856.
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AVID CROCKETT (1786–1836) - Narrative of the Life of David Crockett. Philadelphia, 1834.
- A Tour to the North and Down East. 1834.
- Life of Van Buren. Philadelphia, 1835.
- Colonel Crockett’s Exploits in Texas. Philadelphia, 1836.
- Abbott, J. S. C. David Crockett. 1874.
- Ellis, Edward S. Life of Colonel David Crockett. Philadelphia, 1884.
- A Tour to the North and Down East. 1834.
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HARLES AUGUSTUS DAVIS (1795–1867) - Letters of Jack Downing … to his old friend Mr. Dwight. 1834. Another ed., 1864.
- Jack Downing’s Song-Book. Providence, 1836.
- Jack Downing’s Letters. Philadelphia, 1845.
- May-Day in New York. 1845.
- Labor, or Productive Industry. 1849.
- Jack Downing’s Song-Book. Providence, 1836.
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EORGE HORATIO DERBY (1823–1861) - Phœnixiana, or Sketches and Burlesques. By John Phœnix. 1855. Chicago, 2 vols., 1897. New York, 1903.
- The Squibob Papers. By John Phœnix. 1859.
- The Squibob Papers. By John Phœnix. 1859.
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HILIP FRENEAU (1752–1832)- [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
IX. ]- S
AMUEL GRISWOLD GOODRICH (1793–1860) - [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
- The Travels, Voyages, and Adventures of Gilbert Go-Ahead. 1856.
- For a list of the numerous other writings of this author, see Duyckinck’s Cyclopaedia of American Literature.
- For a list of the numerous other writings of this author, see Duyckinck’s Cyclopaedia of American Literature.
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OSEPH GREEN (1706–80)- [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
IX. ]- A
SA GREENE (1788–1837) - [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
- The Life and Adventures of Dr. Didimus Duckworth, A. N. Q. To which is added the History of a Steam Doctor. 2 vols. 1833.
- A Yankee among the Nullifiers; an Autobiography. 1833.
- Travels in America. By George Fibbleton, Esq., Ex-barber to His Majesty, the King of Great Britain. 1833.
- The Perils of Pearl Street. 1834.
- A Glance at New York. 1837.
- The Debtor’s Prison. 1837.
- A Yankee among the Nullifiers; an Autobiography. 1833.
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HARLES GRAHAM HALPINE (1829–1868) - Lyrics by the Letter H. 1854.
- Life and Adventures, Songs, Services, and Speeches of Private Miles O’Reilly. 1864.
- Baked Meats of the Funeral: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Speeches, Histories, and Banquets by Private Miles O’Reilly. 1866.
- The Poetical Works of Charles G. Halpine. 1869.
- Life and Adventures, Songs, Services, and Speeches of Private Miles O’Reilly. 1864.
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AMUEL A. HAMMETT (1816–1865) - A Stray Yankee in Texas.… By Philip Paxton. 1853.
- The Wonderful Adventures of Captain Priest. 1855.
- Piney Woods Tavern; or, Sam Slick in Texas. Philadelphia, 1858.
- The Wonderful Adventures of Captain Priest. 1855.
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EORGE WASHINGTON HARRIS (1814–1869) - Sut Lovengood’s Yarns. 1867.
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OHNSON JONES HOOPER (1815–1862) - Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs. Philadelphia, 1845.
- Widow Rugby’s Husband … and Other Tales of Alabama. Philadelphia, 1851.
- Dog and Gun; a Few Loose Chapters on Shooting. 1856.
- Widow Rugby’s Husband … and Other Tales of Alabama. Philadelphia, 1851.
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RANCIS HOPKINSON (1737–1791)- [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
IX, and Book II, Chap.II. ]- J
OHN JOSSELYN - [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
I. ]- J
OHN PENDLETON KENNEDY (1795–1870) - [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
- The Annals of Quodlibet, a Political Satire by Solomon Secondthought, School-master.… 1840.
- See, also, Bibliography for Book II, Chap.
VII. - See, also, Bibliography for Book II, Chap.
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ARAH KEMBLE KNIGHT (1666–1727)- [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
I. ]- D
AVID ROSS LOCKE (1833–1888) - [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
- The Nasby Papers. Indianapolis, 1864. London, 1865, 1866.
- Divers Opinions, and Prophecies of Yours Trooly, Petroleum V. Nasby. 1865.
- Andy’s Trip to the West. 1866.
- Swingin’ Round the Cirkle. By Petroleum V. Nasby … His Ideas of Men, Politics, and Things … during the year 1866. Boston, 1867.
- Ekkoes from Kentucky. Boston, 1867.
- The Impendin Crisis uv the Democracy. Toledo, 1868.
- The Moral History of America’s Life-Struggle. Boston, 1872.
- The Struggles Social, Financial, and Political of Petroleum V. Nasby. With an Introduction by Charles Sumner. Boston, 1872, 1888.
- Inflation at the Cross Roads. 1875.
- The Morals of Abou Ben Adhem. Boston, 1875. [Half title at head of title page: Eastern Fruit on Western Dishes.]
- Deep-seated Mirth Holds a Place in Every Line. Nasby on Inflation.… Mark Twain’s Only Rival. Philadelphia, 1875.
- A Paper City. Boston and New York, 1878.
- The Democratic John Bunyan. Toledo, 1880.
- The Diary of an Office Seeker. Toledo, 1881.
- Hannah Jane. Boston and New York, 1882.
- Nasby in Exile; or, Six Months of Travel. Toledo and Boston, 1882.
- Prohibition. 1886.
- The Demagogue. A Political Novel. Boston and New York, 1891.
- Divers Opinions, and Prophecies of Yours Trooly, Petroleum V. Nasby. 1865.
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UGUSTUS BALDWIN LONGSTREET (1790–1870) - Patriotic Effusions. By Bob Short. 1819. [Attributed to Longstreet.]
- Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, etc., in the first Half Century of the Republic. By a Native Georgian. Augusta [Ga.] 1835. New York, 1840, etc.
- Know Nothingism Unveiled. [Washington, 1855.]
- Master William Mitten. Macon [Ga.], 1864, 1889.
- Stories with a Moral, Humorous and Descriptive of Southern Life a Century ago. Philadelphia, 1912.
- Georgia Scenes, Characters, Incidents, etc., in the first Half Century of the Republic. By a Native Georgian. Augusta [Ga.] 1835. New York, 1840, etc.
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OHN LUDLUM MC CONNEL (1826–1862) - Talbot and Vernon. A Novel. 1850.
- Grahame, or Youth and Manhood. A Romance. 1850.
- The Glenns. A Family History. 1851.
- Western Characters; or, Types of Border Life in the Western States. Boston and New York, 1853.
- Grahame, or Youth and Manhood. A Romance. 1850.
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ORNELIUS MATHEWS (1817–1889) - The Motley Book. A Series of Tales and Sketches. 1838.
- Behemoth. A Legend of the Mound-Builders. 1839.
- The True Aims of Life. 1839.
- The Politicians. A Comedy. 1840.
- Wakondah; the Master of Life. A Poem. 1841.
- The Career of Puffer Hopkins. 1841.
- Man in the Republic. Poems. London, 1842. New York, 1846.
- An Appeal to American Authors and the American Press in behalf of International Copyright. 1842.
- A Speech on International Copyright. 1842.
- The Various Writings of Cornelius Mathews. [1843].
- The Better Interests of the Country. New York and London, 1843.
- Poems on Man, in his Various Aspects under the American Republic. 1843.
- Americanism. An Address. 1845.
- Big Abel and the Little Manhattan. 1845.
- Witchcraft. A Tragedy. 1846.
- Jacob Leisler. A Play. 1848.
- Moneypenny, or The Heart of the World. A Romance of the Present Times. 1850.
- Chanticleer. A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family. 1850.
- Calmstorm, the Reformer. A Dramatic Comment. 1853.
- A Pen-and-Ink Panorama of New York City. 1853.
- The Indian Fairy Book. From the Original Legends. 1856. As The Enchanted Moccasins, and Other Legends of the American Indians; compiled from the Original Sources. 1877.
- False Pretences. A Comedy. 1868.
- Behemoth. A Legend of the Mound-Builders. 1839.
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EORGE POPE MORRIS (1802–1864) - The Little Frenchman and his Water Lots.… Philadelphia, 1839.
- See, also, Bibliography for Book II, Chap.
V. - See, also, Bibliography for Book II, Chap.
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OSEPH CLAY NEAL (1807–1847) - Charcoal Sketches, or Scenes in a Metropolis. Philadelphia, 1837. Second Series. Philadelphia, 1849.
- Peter Ploddy and Other Oddities. Philadelphia, 1844.
- The Misfortunes of Peter Faber, and Other Sketches. Philadelphia, 1856.
- Peter Ploddy and Other Oddities. Philadelphia, 1844.
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OBERT HENRY NEWELL (1836–1901) - Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. 4 vols. 1862–8, 1871.
- The Martyr President. 1865.
- The Palace Beautiful, and Other Poems. 1865.
- Avery Glibun, or Between Two Fires. A Romance. 1867.
- Smoked Glass. 1868.
- The Cloven Foot; being an Adaptation of … “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” to American Scenes. 1870.
- Versatilities. Boston, 1871.
- The Walking Doll. 1872.
- Studies in Stanzas. 1882.
- There was Once a Man. 1884.
- The Martyr President. 1865.
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ENRY JUNIUS NOTT (1797–1837) - Novellettes of a Traveller; or, Odds and Ends from the Knapsack of Thomas Singularity, Journeyman Printer. 2 vols. 1834.
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EORGE DENISON PRENTICE (1802–1870) - Biography of Henry Clay. Hartford [Conn.], 1831. New York, 1831.
- Prenticeana, or Wit and Humor in Paragraphs. 1859.
- Poems. Cincinnati, 1875.
- Prenticeana, or Wit and Humor in Paragraphs. 1859.
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OHN SANDERSON (1783–1844) - Biographies of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence. 9 vols. Philadelphia, 1822–1827. [With his brother, James H. Sanderson.]
- Sketches of Paris, in Familiar Letters to his Friends, by an American Gentleman.… 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1838. The American in Paris, London, 1838. French, by Lanin, Jules, 1843. As The American in Paris in the Winter; The American in Paris in the Summer, London, 1843. [Retranslation of French version.]
- Sketches of Paris, in Familiar Letters to his Friends, by an American Gentleman.… 2 vols. Philadelphia, 1838. The American in Paris, London, 1838. French, by Lanin, Jules, 1843. As The American in Paris in the Winter; The American in Paris in the Summer, London, 1843. [Retranslation of French version.]
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OHN GODFREY SAXE (1816–1887)- [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
XXIII. ]- J
OHN SECCOMB (1708–1793) - [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
- Tyler, M. C. American Literature. 1607–1765. Vol.
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ENRY WHEELER SHAW (1818–1885) - Josh Billings. His Sayings. 1865.
- Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things. 1868.
- Josh Billings’ Farmers’ Allminax for the Year 1870 [et seq.]. 1870 [et seq.]. Old Probabilities Contained in One Volume. Farmers’ Allminax, 1870–1880. 1879. Josh Billings’ Old Farmers’ Allminax, 1870–1879. 1902.
- Twelve Ancestral Signs in the Billings’ Zodiac Gallery. [Hartford], 1873.
- Josh Billings, his Works Complete. 1876.
- Everybody’s Friend. 1876.
- Josh Billings’ Trump Kards. Blue Glass Philosophy. 1877.
- Complete Comical Writings of Josh Billings, with Biographical Introduction. 1877.
- Josh Billings Struggling with Things. 1881.
- Josh Billings’ Spice Box. 1881.
- Smith, Francis S. Life and Adventures of Josh Billings. 1883.
- Thompson, A. P. Josh Billings. New England Magazine, n.s., vol. 19, p. 696.
- Josh Billings on Ice, and Other Things. 1868.
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REDERICK WILLIAM SHELTON (1814–1881) - The Trollopiad, or Travelling Gentlemen in America. A Satire, by Nil Admirari. 1837.
- Salander and the Dragon. 1850.
- The Rector of St. Bardolph’s, or Superannuated. 1853.
- Up the River. 1853.
- Crystalline, or the Heiress of Fall Down Castle. 1854.
- Peeps from a Belfry, or the Parish Sketch Book. 1855.
- Salander and the Dragon. 1850.
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ENJAMIN PENHALLOW SHILLABER (1814–1890) - Rhymes with Reason and Without. Boston, 1853.
- Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington. Boston and New York, 1854.
- Knitting-Work. Boston, 1857.
- Partingtonian Patchwork. Boston and New York, 1873.
- Lines in Pleasant Places. Chelsea [Mass.], 1874.
- Ike Partington and his Friends. Boston, 1879, 1906.
- Cruises with Captain Bob. Boston, 1881.
- A Wide Swath. Poems. Cambridge, 1882.
- The Double-runner Club. Boston and New York, 1882.
- A Midnight Race. Boston, 1888.
- Mrs. Partington’s Grip-sack, filled with Fresh Things. 1890.
- Life and Sayings of Mrs. Partington. Boston and New York, 1854.
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HARLES HENRY SMITH (1826–1903) - A Side Show of the Southern Side of the War.… by Bill Arp, so called. 1866.
- Bill Arp’s Letters. 1868.
- Bill Arp’s Peace Papers. 1873.
- Bill Arp’s Scrap Book. Humor and Philosophy. Atlanta, 1884.
- The Farm and the Fireside. Atlanta, 1892.
- A School History of Georgia. Boston, 1896.
- Stephen Decatur and the Suppression of Piracy on the Mediterranean. New Haven, 1901.
- Bill Arp’s Letters. 1868.
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EBA SMITH (1792–1868) - Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing. Portland, 1833. Boston, 1833, 1834. Select Letters. Philadelphia, 1834.
- Letters, Written during the President’s Tour. Cincinnati, 1833.
- John Smith’s Letters. 1839.
- Powhatan, a Metrical Romance. 1841.
- The Religion and the Superstitions of the North American Indians. 1846.
- Dew-Drops of the Nineteenth Century [Anthology]. 1846.
- New Elements of Geometry. 1850.
- Way Down East, or Portraitures of Yankee Life. 1854, 1859.
- My Thirty Years Out of the Senate. 1859.
- Speeches of John Smith, Esquire, not Delivered at Smithville. 1864.
- Letters, Written during the President’s Tour. Cincinnati, 1833.
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ORTIMER THOMPSON (1832–1875) - Doesticks, What he Says. 1855.
- Plu-Ri-Bus-Tah, a Song that’s by no Author. 1856. [Parody of Hiawatha.]
- Nothing to Say. A Slight Slap at Mobocratic Snobbery. 1857.
- The Witches of New York. 1859.
- History and Records of the Elephant Club. 1869.
- Plu-Ri-Bus-Tah, a Song that’s by no Author. 1856. [Parody of Hiawatha.]
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ILLIAM TAPPAN THOMPSON (1812–1882) - Major Jones’s Courtship. Philadelphia, 1840.
- Major Jones’s Chronicles of Pineville, embracing Sketches of Georgia. Philadelphia, 1843. As Georgia Scenes, 1880 [unauthorized ed.].
- Major Jones’s Sketches of Travel. Philadelphia, 1848.
- The Slaveholder Abroad. Philadelphia, 1860.
- Rancy Cottem’s Courtship. Philadelphia [1879.]
- John’s Alive, or the Bride of a Ghost, and Other Sketches. [Collected by Thompson’s daughter, Mrs. May A. Wade.] Philadelphia, 1883.
- Major Jones’s Chronicles of Pineville, embracing Sketches of Georgia. Philadelphia, 1843. As Georgia Scenes, 1880 [unauthorized ed.].
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HOMAS BANGS THORPE (1815–1878) - The Big Bear of Arkansas. 1835.
- Mysteries of the Backwoods. Philadelphia, 1846.
- Our Army on the Rio Grande. Philadelphia, 1846.
- Our Army at Monterey. Philadelphia, 1847.
- The Taylor Anecdote Book. Anecdotes and Letters of Zachary Taylor. 1848.
- Lynde Weiss, an Autobiography. Philadelphia, 1852.
- The Master’s House. A Tale of Southern Life. 1854.
- The Hive of the Bee-Hunter. 1854.
- A Voice to America [with Frederick Saunders]. 1855.
- Scenes in Arkansas. 1858.
- Reminiscences of Charles L. Elliott, Artist. [1868.]
- Mysteries of the Backwoods. Philadelphia, 1846.
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OHN TRUMBULL (1750–1831)- [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
IX. ]- R
OYAL TYLER (1757–1826)- [See Bibliographies for Book I, Chap.
IX; Book II, Chaps.II, III, VI. ]- N
ATHANIEL WARD [1578(?)–1652]- [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
III. ]- M
RS. FRANCES MIRIAM BERRY WHITCHER (1811–1852) - [See Bibliography for Book I, Chap.
- The Widow Bedott Papers, with an Introduction by Alice B. Neal. 2 vols. 1855, 1856, 1880.
- Widow Spriggins, Mary Elmer, and Other Sketches. [Ed. with Memoir, by Mrs. M. L. Ward Whitcher.] 1867.
- Widow Spriggins, Mary Elmer, and Other Sketches. [Ed. with Memoir, by Mrs. M. L. Ward Whitcher.] 1867.
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ENRY AUGUSTUS WISE (1819–1869) - Los Gringos, or an Interior View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia. 1849. German, Grimma, 1851.
- Tales for the Marines. Boston, 1855.
- Scampavias, from Gibel Tarek to Stamboul. By Harry Gringo. 1857.
- Story of the Gray African Parrot. 1859.
- Captain Brand of the Schooner Centipede, a Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies. London, 1860. New York, 1864.
MARK VAN DOREN - Tales for the Marines. Boston, 1855.