CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
THE COLONIAL PERIOD, 1607-1765

CHAPTER II.
THE REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD, 1765-1815

CHAPTER III.
THE ERA OF NATIONAL EXPANSION, 1815-1837

CHAPTER IV.
THE CONCORD WRITERS, 1837-1861

CHAPTER V.
THE CAMBRIDGE SCHOLARS, 1837-1861

CHAPTER VI.
LITERATURE IN THE CITIES, 1837-1861

CHAPTER VII.
LITERATURE SINCE 1861

APPENDIX.