Selections From Early American Writers, 1607-1800 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Selections From Early American Writers, 1607-1800Teachers of American literary history are coming pretty gener ally to recognize that some knowledge of the temper and the man ner of Colonial and Revolutionary writers is necessary to the full understanding of their successors. There is less general agree ment, however, as to the authors and works that best repay study. In deciding Whatto include in this volume I have been guided to a great extent by my own experience with college classes, though I have given much weight to suggestions kindly ofiered by' the publishers and by other teachers. My aim has been to make the collection representative and useful for its purpose, not necessarily to give the best writings of the time. Thus, Cotton and Shepard have proved in my experience well adapted to stand as representa tives of the early New England divines, but I am not rash enough to say with certainty that either of these men was greater than Hooker, Eliot, or others of their contemporaries. In some cases it will be obvious that I have chosen passages to show a writer's weakness, as well as his excellences. I cannot hope that the collection will suit any one person, but I trust that it may contain enough acceptable material to make it useful.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.