Chapter John Greenleaf Whittier of Index by Simonds History of American Literature

measure, its idyllic atmosphere of domestic affection, of serene and untroubled faith -- these are the qualities which give the poem its place with the best in our literature.

Authorities.

The Complete Works of Whittier are published in seven volumes by Houghton Mifflin Company, also the Cambridge Edition of the Poems, in one volume. Snow-Bound and The Tent on the Beach, together with other poems, are published in two numbers of the Riverside Literature Series. The Life and Letters of John G. Whittier (2 vols.), by Samuel T. Pickard, is the standard biography. The best brief biography is the Whittier in the American Men of Letters Series, by G. R. Carpenter. The little book Whittier: Notes of his Life and of his Friendships, by Mrs. Annie Fields, is a charming study of the man. Whittier-Land, by S. T. Pickard, is also valuable. In criticism, consult Stedman's Poets of America, Vincent's American Literary Masters, and the histories of American literature by Richardson and Trent. John Greenleaf Whittier, by Bliss Perry (a brief study of the poet), and Whittier for To-day, by the same writer, in the Atlantic Monthly for December, 1907, are appreciative memorials of the hundredth anniversary of the poet's birth.