Hamilton Wright Mabie 
Ideals of American Literature 

An essay discussing philosophical aspects of American literature of the 19th century, with mention of various significant authors — Emerson, Irving, Hawthorne, Bryant, Lowell, Poe, Whittier, Holmes, Thoreau, Whitman, etc. — excerpted from a book published in 1906, “Men of Mark in America, ” Volume 2.