CHAPTER I

_The Discovery of America_

THE STORY OF VINLAND, Sidney Lanier 3 THE NORSEMEN, John Greenleaf Whittier 4 THE SKELETON IN ARMOR, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 6 PROPHECY, Luigi Pulci 7 THE INSPIRATION, James Montgomery 8 COLUMBUS, Lydia Huntley Sigourney 9 COLUMBUS TO FERDINAND, Philip Freneau 9 COLUMBUS AT THE CONVENT, John T. Trowbridge 10 THE FINAL STRUGGLE, Louis James Block 11 STEER, BOLD MARINER, ON, Friedrich von Schiller 12 THE TRIUMPH, Sidney Lanier 12 COLUMBUS, Joaquin Miller 14 THE THANKSGIVING FOR AMERICA, Hezekiah Butterworth 15 COLUMBUS IN CHAINS, Philip Freneau 17 COLUMBUS DYING, Edna Dean Proctor 18 COLUMBUS, Edward Everett Hale 18 COLUMBUS AND THE MAYFLOWER, Lord Houghton 18

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