Life and Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Life and Letters of John Greenleaf Whittier, Vol. 2 of 2It occurred to Mr. Francis H. Underwood to combine the powers of the eminent liberty-loving writers of the North in a magazine which by its ability should command a hearing in circles in which hitherto the word slavery was not to be spoken above the breath. He was successful in securing the cooperation he Wished, and at a din ner given by Mr. Phillips, the publisher, in the summer of 1857, there were present Longfellow.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.