His poem "Greetings to America" was set to music by Julius Benedict and performed by the singer at numerous concerts on her tour of the United States. That same year, Horace Greeley, then editor of the Tribune, placed Taylor on his staff, thus securing Taylor a certain if moderate income. He was asked to serve as an editorial assistant for Graham's Magazine for a few months in 1848. A Delination by Pen & Pencil of the Natural Features & the Picturesque & Historical Places of Great Britain & the Continent. Contributor Names: Colange, Leo de, 1819. This book's success brought Taylor recognition as an author. Picturesque European scenery a series of views of the most interesting and striking landscapes of the Old World. In 1846, he published Views Afoot, or Europe seen with Knapsack and Staff (2 vols, New York). The accounts which he sent from Europe to The New York Tribune, The Saturday Evening Post, and The United States Gazette were so highly appreciated that on Taylor's return to America, he was advised to compile his articles into book form. The young poet spent a happy time in roaming on foot through certain districts of England, France, Germany and Italy this tour of almost two years cost him only £100. With the money from his poetry and an advance for some journalistic work to be done in Europe, Taylor set sail for Europe. we now introduce to the public we propose to illustrate Europe picturesquely in the largest sense of that word. It made little income, but indirectly was a means of his introduction to The New York Tribune. Front cover image for Picturesque Europe. Published at Philadelphia in 1844, Ximena, or the Battle of the Sierra Morena, and other Poems was dedicated to Griswold. Here are 20 of Europe's most beautiful places to inspire your travels: Lake Inari, Finland High above the Arctic Circle and close to Finland's border with Russia, Lake Inari is a year-round. His interest in poetry was coached by the influential critic and editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold, who encouraged him to write a volume of poetry. Bayard Taylor was a poet, literary critic, translator, fiction and travel author.
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