Quotes from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's books, and about them
The Art of Public Speaking on Christus: “Oh, there is something in that voice that reaches The innermost recesses of my spirit! --LONGFELLOW, _Christus_.”
Jude the Obscure on Excelsior: “…and recitations, she appeared on the platform, the smallest of them all, "in her little white frock, and shoes, and pink sash"; how she recited "Excelsior," "There was a sound of revelry by night," and "The Raven"; how during the delivery she would knit her little brows and glare round…”
The American Diary of a Japanese Girl on The Song of Hiawatha: “I must read Mr. Longfellow again as I used a year ago reclining in the Spring breeze,—“A Psalm of Life,” “The Village Blacksmith,” and half a dozen snatches from “Evangeline” or “The Song of Hiawatha” at the least.”
Spoon River Anthology on Evangeline: “For those of you who could not see the virtue Of knowing Volney's "Ruins" as well as Butler's "Analogy" And "Faust" as well as "Evangeline," Were really the power in the village, And often you asked me "What is the use of knowing the evil in the world?"”