Heralds of American Literature (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

This 1907 volume focuses on a mix of well-known and obscure early American writers such as John Trumbull, Charles Brockden Brown, Francis Hopkinson, Philip Freneau, and William Dunlap. According to a contemporary review in the New York Times, "The author has been very well inspired in collecting into one volume the information about our literary pioneers."