Excerpt from Poets' Homes, Vol. 1 of 2: Pen and Pencil Sketches of American Poets and Their Homes F it may be said of any living man that he is known all over the world, it may be said of Henry Wads worth Longfellow. His words seem to travel on the swift rays of light that penetrate unto the uttermost parts of the earth. James T. Fields, in his Longfellow lecture, tells of the strange and far - away places in which he has felt his heart warmed at sight of a well worn copy of Longfellow's poems. He has the touch of nature that makes the whole world kin for he is not more warmly appreciated in his native land than in the hearts and homes on the other side of the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.