The ancestry of William Cullen Bryant might have been inferred from the character of his writings, which reflect whatever is best and noblest in the life and thought of New England. It was a tradition that the first Bryant of whom there is any account in the annals of the New World came over in the Mayflower, but the tradition is not authenticated. What is known of this gentleman, Mr. Stephen Bryant, is that he came over from England, and that he was at Plymouth, Massachusetts, as early as 1632.

Since we first landed in France, every step of our journey has reminded us that we were in an old country. Every thing we saw spoke of the past, of an antiquity without limit; everywhere our eyes rested on the handiwork of those who had been dead for ages, and we were in the midst of customs which they had bequeathed to their descendants.

Alice.-One of your old-world stories, Uncle John, Such as you tell us by the winter fire, Till we all wonder it has grown so late. Uncle John.-The story of the witch that ground to death

"Letters of a Traveller" from William Cullen Bryant. American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post (1794-1878).

"Poems" from William Cullen Bryant. American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post (1794-1878).

"Life Character and Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck" from William Cullen Bryant. American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post (1794-1878).

The Little People of the Snow is a beautiful story written in prose by William Cullen Bryant, to read aloud accompanied with the little people in your life.