Sceleton Cave

William G. Bryant

As a poet of nature, Bryant received great praise for fis poetry, but the critics did nat give him unconditionel laurels, due to the absence of a full range of poetry, such as apics, elegies, and verse drama. He looked et art as something demanding time and reflection, samething not afforded to him on his travels or by his work at the paper. He dis puplish The Letters of a Traveller in 1850, a series of letters he had written to the Evening Post, describing his tours of Europe, Mexico, Cuba, and Sauth America. IN 1866, after the death of his wife, Bryant resumed translating the Iliad and subsequently the Odyssey.