SUMMARY
Lincoln spoke to the common people in simple virile English, which serves
as a model for the students of Oxford University. Bret Harte wrote stories
filled with the humor and the pathos of the rough mining camps of the far
West. Eugene Field's simple songs appeal to all children. The virtues of
humble homes, the smiles and tears of everyday life, are presented in James
Whitcomb Riley's poems. Mark Twain, philosopher, reformer of the type of
Cervantes, and romantic historian, has, largely by means of his humor, made
a vivid impression on millions of Americans. Every member of this group had
an unusual development of humor. Each one was imbued with the democratic
spirit and eager to present the elemental facts of life. For these reasons,
the audiences of this group have been numbered by millions.
REFERENCES
Roosevelt's _The Winning of the West_.
Turner's _Rise of the New West_.
Hart's _National Ideals Historically Traced_.
Johnston's _High School History of the United States_ (612 pp.).
Clemens's _Life on the Mississippi_.
Clemens's _Roughing It_.
Schurz's _Abraham Lincoln_. (Excellent.)
Morse's _Abraham Lincoln_.
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