Masterpieces of American literature. Franklin. Irving. Bryant. Webster. Everett. Longfellow. Hawthorne. Whittier. Emerson. Holmes. Lowell. Thoreau. O'Reilly. With biographical sketches (1891). This book, "Masterpieces of American literature", by John Kneeland, Henry Nathan Wheeler, is a replication of a book originally published before 1891. It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.