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Title: Home school of American literature:
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Birdsall, William Wilfred, 1854-1909, (from old catalog) comp. and ed Jones, Rufus Matthew, 1863- (from old catalog) joint comp. and ed
Subjects: American literature English literature
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Elliott publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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ar studies but filled his mind with aknowledge schools cannot give, and, as stated above, it was out of this knowledgethat his stories have grown. After the war, young Page entered the Washingtonand Lee University and later studied law, taking his degree in this branch from theUniversity of Virginia, in 1874, and after graduating, practiced his profession inRichmond, Virginia, until 1884, when his first story of Virginia life Marse Chan,a tale of the Civil War, was printed in the Century Magazine. He had previouslywritten dialectic poetry, but the above story wns his first decided success, and at-tracted such wide attention that he forsook law for literature. In 1887, a volume ofhis stories was brought out under the title In Ole Virginia, which was followed in1888 by Befo de War; Echoes in Negro Dialect, which was written in co-laboration with Mr. A. C. Gordon. The next year a story for boys entitled, TwoLittle Confederates, appeared in the St. Nicholas Magazine, and was afterward 198
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POPULAR AMERICAN NOVELISTS. THOMAS NELSON PAGE. 199 published in book form. A companion volume to this is Among the Camps orYoung Peoples Stones of the War. Mr. Page has been a frequent contributor to the current magazines for manyyears, and has also lectured extensively tliroughout the country. In 1897 he wentabroad for a tour of England and the Continent of Europe. It is announced thaton his return he will issue a new novel which we understand, he has been engagedupon for some time and expects to make the most pretentious work of his life up tothis date. OLD SUE* (from PASTIME STORIES.) UST on the other side of Ninth Street, out-side of my office window, was the standof Old Sue, the tug-mule that pulledthe green car around the curve from Main Street toNinth and up the hill to Broad. Between her andthe young bow-legged negro that hitched her on,drove her up, and brought her back down the hill forthe next car, there always existed a peculiar friend-ship. He used to hold long conversat

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