The Female Poets of America: With Portraits, Biographical Notices (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Female Poets of America: With Portraits, Biographical Notices The present volume is offered to the public as a specimen of American Literature and American Art. The double office of the Editor, as a poet and a painter, and his acknowledged eminence in both of these depart ments, have given him peculiar facilities for the preparation of such a work. Himself an accomplished and successful writer, thoroughly versed in the literature of the country, and personally acquainted with most of its authors, he has exercised his poetical taste in selecting, from the field thus opened to him, the most beautiful specimens which our literature affords. The biographical notices have been prepared, in every instance, from facts either within his personal knowledge, or communicated to him directly by the authors or their friends. The portraits are all from paintings made by him expressly for this work, and are executed in the finest style of line engraving by Mr. Pease. The illuminated Proem, both in the design and execution, is one of the most brilliant specimens of the art ever produced in the United States. The paper, and even the type, on which the book is printed, were made for this special purpose, and have been greatly admired for their beauty and finish. The utmost pains, indeed, have been taken both by the Editor and the Publishers, to make the work as beautiful in appearance, as it is authentic and original in character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.