"My country, 'tis of thee!" Or, the United States of America; past, present and future. A philosophic view of American history and of our present status, to be seen in the Columbian exhibition.

CHAPTER XXIII.

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OUR LITERATURE.

A nation of readers--Books to be found everywhere--The Sunday-School library--Chautauqua’s great work--The American author is a busy man--Good books make their way, sooner or later--Abler men should go into authorship--Our literature making its way abroad--American writers’ characteristics--Our literature is clean, earnest and hopeful.....531