AMERICAN POETS

YOUNGER

OF

1830-1890

EDITED BY

DOUGLAS SLADEN, B.A. Oxon.
B.A., LL.B. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA

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AUTHOR OF AUSTRALIAN LYRICS,' 'A POETRY OF EXILES," ETC., etc., and EDITOR
AUSTRALIAN POETS,' A CENTURY OF AUSTRALIAN SONG," ETC., ETC.

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WITH AN APPENDIX OF

YOUNGER CANADIAN POETS

EDITED BY

GOODRIDGE BLISS ROBERTS

OF ST JOHN, N.B.

LIBRARY

OF THE

UNIVERSITY

OF CALIFORNIA

THE CASSELL PUBLISHING COMPANY

NEW YORK

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[The Rights of Translation and of Reproduction

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DEDICATED TO

AS A HOMAGE TO ITS GREATNESS

THE CITIZENS OF BOSTON

THE CRADLE OF LITERATURE IN AMERICA,
THE GREAT CITY,

WHICH, AS IT TOOK THE LEAD IN WAGING WAR WITH ENGLAND
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO,

NOW TAKES THE LEAD IN WAGING PEACE,

AND A GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THE HOSPITALITY RECEIVED AT MY FIRST RESTING-PLACE IN AMERICA.