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| | | | Bryant, Ichabod, 4. | | | Bryant, John H., 86, 88, 149, 166, 197,
237. | | | Bryant, Miss Julia Sands, some remi-
niscences of her father, 278, 280,
301 ; the inspiration of some of his
sweetest poems, 309 ; named an ex-
ecutrix of his will, 344. | | | Bryant, Mrs. William C., ill at Naples,
190 ; death, 191 ; lines to her mem-
ory, 192, 269. | | | Bryant, Stephen, 3. | | | Bryant, William Cullen, precocity, 2,
9 ; ancestry, 3 ; a good speller, 10 ;
a fleet runner, 11 ; learns Latin and
Greek, 11 ; receives 9d for a rhymed
version of the first chapter of Job,
12 ; passion for poetry, and prays to
be a poet, 13 ; the, "Embargo," 14 -
16 ; enters Williams College, 17 ;
lines on, 18 ; studies law, 25, 27 ;
first love, 26 ; reads a Fourth of July
poem, 28 ; denounces the War of
1812 and President Madison, 29 ;
counsels resistance to the federal
government, 29 ; obtains a commis-
sion as adjutant in the Massachu-
setts infantry, 32 ; admitted to the
bar, 33 ; opens a law office at Plain-
field, 34 ; removes to Great Barring-
ton, 35 ; "Thanatopsis" published,
40 ; "To a Waterfowl," 42, 44 ; es-
say on American poetry, 46 ; chosen
tithing-man and justice of the peace,
50 ; death of his father, 50 ; marries,
51 ; reads "The Ages" before the
Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard
College, 52 ; first collection of his
poems published, 53 ; visits Boston,
53 ; first visit to New York, 56 ;
contributions to the United States
Literary Gazette, 56 ; death of his
sister, 57 ; revisits New York, 60 ;
writes for the New York Review,
61, 63 ; removes to New York, 61,
63 ; lectures on English poetry, 64 ;
appointed professor in a school of
the National Academy of Design,
64 ; lectures on mythology, 64 ; a
literary adventurer, 64 ; becomes
joint editor and quarter owner of
the United States Review and Lit-
erary Gazette, 65 ; "The Journey of
Life," 66 ; enters the office of the
Evening Post, 67 ; becomes part pro-
prietor, 68 ; edits the Talisman, 68 ;
contributions to the United States
Review, 68 ; becomes editor-in-chief
of the New York Evening Post, 69 ;
his editorial habits, 72 ; advice to a
young journalist, 73 ; force of his
example, 76; sympathizes with
President Jackson and the Demo-
cratic party, 78 ; his views on public
questions, 78 ; the riots of 1863, 84 ;
tires of journalism, 86 ; purchases a
country home at Roslyn, 94 ; pur-
chases the old homestead at Cum-
mington, 95 ; poems published in
London, 117 ; his opinion of Samuel
Rogers, 123 ; letter to the Plain-
dealer commenting upon Mr. Ir-
ving's defense of the alteration he
permitted to be made in the English
edition of Bryant's poems, 136 ; not
a writer of occasional poems, 148 ;
reads a poem before the New York
Historical Society on the occasion of
its fiftieth anniversary, 150 ; why he
never wrote a long poem, 154 ; no
taste for music, 156 ; translates
Homer, 160, 162, 168 ; its sale, 169 ;
compared with that of Pope's trans-
lation, 170 ; visits his brothers in
Illinois, 176 ; writes "The Prairies,"
177 ; sails for Europe, 178 ; first im-
pressions of France and Italy, 179 ;
sails for New York, 179 ; returns to
Europe, 181 ; returns to New York,
182 ; his reception in England, 182 ;
visits Cuba, 185 ; third voyage to
Europe, 186 ; fourth voyage to Eu-
rope, 188 ; visits the East, 188 ; fifth
voyage to Europe, 190 ; Mrs. Bryant
ill at Naples, 190 ; death of Mrs.
Bryant, 191 ; sixth and last trip
across the Atlantic, 194 ; meets
Hawthorne, 194 ; visits Mexico, 197 ;
publishes "Letters of a Traveler,"
198 ; commemorative discourses,
203; his memory, 212, 292 ; declines
an invitation to a public dinner on his
return from his first visit to Europe,
217 ; declines the office of regent of
the university, 217 ; his seventieth
birthday celebrated by the Century
Association, his speech on the occa-
sion, 219 ; public dinner on resign-
ing the presidency of the American
Free Trade League, 231 ; receives an
address and testimonial on his eight-
ieth birthday, 232 ; a guest of Gov-
ernor Tilden, at Albany, 238 ; a pub-
lic reception tendered him by the
legislature, 238 ; declines to let his
name head the Tilden electoral
ticket for the presidency, 244 - 248 ;
did not vote for either candidate for
President in 1876, 251 ; delivers an
address at a reception given him by
the Goethe Club, 252 ; letter in re-
gard to his personal habits, 260 ;
elected president of the New York
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Publication Information: Book Title: William Cullen Bryant. Contributors: John Bigelow - author. Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company. Place of Publication: Boston. Publication Year: 1890. Page Number: 350.
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