CHARLES BROCKDEN BROWN (1771-1810) 511
Edgar Huntly 512
The romantic temper and the house divided 525
Regional influences 525
Nature and the land 527
The original native americans 528
Timeline: the romantic temper and the house divided 531
Nature and Society 533
THE NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE 533
TALES
Manabozho 535
The chief's daughters 546
Coyote and bear 548
A tale of the sky world 549
ORATORY
Speech of Logan 551
Speech of red jacket 551
Speech of Tecumseh 553
Speech of speckled snake 555
Speech of red cloud 556
POETRY
Twelfth song of the thunder 558
Formula to destroy life 558
the corn grows up 558
at the time of the white dawn 558
Snake the cause 559
Three songs of owl woman 559
The weaver's lamentation 560
WASHINGTON IRVING (1738-1859) 560
A history of New York, by Diedrich Knickerbocker 563
THE SKETCH BOOK
The author's account of himself 570
Rip van winkle 572
The legend of sleepy hollow 583
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER (1789-1851) 603
The pioneers, or the sources of susquehanna 605