FUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the PREFACE. THE writer, in the following Sketches of our best English Poets, from old Father Chaucer to the shortlived Burns, has attempted to interest the young student by making of each life a story as well as a lesson. It has been her aim to introduce these men of genius familiarly to her readers, that they may shake hands as good friends through the medium of a book. The style is intentionally informal and colloquial, in order to attract those who might neglect elaborate works on English Literature, and to lead them to a more thorough and extensive exploration in the same direction. K. A. S.acti HANOVER, N. H., September 10, 1868. |