The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-12-28
The eNatiOnaI Period
of American
Literature
By LORENZO SEARS LlT D.
Professor on dmfricaH literature in
Br1i0n Uniuf

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ability
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dignt other lands Despite nnumgeble ducutes
tween and 1881 Meantime etcd Diplomatic Correspondence
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tory and The FIRST historian o. he period TO cover te entire oua o colonial
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apred End another two years later ana tne hna volume 1855
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s ana w'nasa ons o. ne showed mat hey & @ haa
aud this wide outlook he the
method Of historical composition which followed
the great advantage OF their readers al delight have
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readers had turned leaves they felt they d something
charmed with
1914 with vision lifetime
students fic
Spanish history literature with
fhe work Of subsequent
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undertaking
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