Being Selected Passages from Lecturcs and Patriotic Readings. By JAMES E. MURDOCH. Philadelphia: J. B. Eippincott & Co. 12mo. THIS volume, published in aid of the funds of the Sanitary Commission, is ...

ALL these little books are very prettily printed and very pleasingly bound. Each has its little index and its little dedication, and each its hundred pages of rhymes, and so each flutters forth into ...

If you've ever visited the Statue of Liberty, she's no doubt loomed large above you, but gaze at the statue's pedestal and you'll find Emma Lazarus' poem "The New Colossus." Give me your tired, your ...

The Fourth of July has been a holiday of contradictions for many people. Some of black America's most noted poets have written sonnets and simple rhymes exploring their love and disenchantment with ...

Memorial Day is widely known as the first "official" weekend of the summer. It signifies the beginning of long, sunny days that feel a lot more relaxing and stress-free. And while this holiday also ...