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FURTHER READING

Brenner, Rica, "Oliver Wendell Holmes." In her Twelve American Poets before 1900, pp. 169-98. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., 1933.

Assesses Holmes's literary career and claims that his works help to illuminate his life.

Fields, Annie. "Oliver Wendell Holmes: Personal Recollections and Unpublished Letters." In her Authors and Friends, pp. 107-55. 1897. Reprint. Grosse Pointe, Mich.: Scholarly Press, 1969.

A friend's memories of Holmes.

Grattan, C. Hartley. "Oliver Wendell Holmes." The American Mercury IV, No. 13 (January 1925): 37-41.

Proposes reducing Holmes's literary fame to a "footnote," contending that most of his poetry is 'dusty' and his prose work barren.

Hoyt, Edwin P. The Improper Bostonian: Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1979, 319 p.

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1. Introduction
2. *Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Miriam Rossiter Small (essay date 1962)
   2. John Martin (essay date 1986)
   3. Anne Dalke (essay date 1988)
   4. Len Gougeon (essay date 1994)
   5. David D. Yuan (essay date 1997)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright