Donald Mitchell 
American Lands and Letters (Barnes & Noble Digital Library) 

The
New York Times praised this collection as ‘more than a history of our early literature.  Prosaic it never is; warm with life and general suggestion it always is.” The contents include, “Early Painting and Poetry, ” “Thomas Paine, ” “President, Preacher, and Poet, ” “Sea-Stories and Others, ” and, “Washington Irving, ” among many other interesting topics.

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Donald Grant Mitchell (1822-1908) was an American journalist, novelist, and essayist who frequently published under the pseudonym of Ik Marvel.  Notable works include Reveries of a Bachelor (1850), Dream Life (1851), My Farm of Edgewood (1863), and American Lands and Letters (1897-99).