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He studied Burke especially, and ascribed to him the strongest single literary influence he had known. She remarked to him that she had not thought of Burke as a model for a person intending to write fiction, referring, doubtless, to "Winning His Way," and "Caleb Krinkle." Carleton replied that the strong, fine style of the British author gave him the best possible lesson in presenting a subject.
In later years, "Caleb Krinkle" was republished, with some revision and in much handsomer form, as "Dan of Millbrook," by Estes and Lauriat, of Boston. His next work, which still remains the most popular of all, the one least likely to suffer by the lapse of time, and the last probably to reach oblivion, because it appeals to young Americans in the whole nation, is his "Boys of '76."
"Caleb Krinkle" is a story of American life in which the characters, the habits of thought, and the rich details of daily routine are given with minuteness, accuracy of observation, and genuine sympathy. The landscape is that of New Hampshire, but the outlook is far beyond, for the author's purpose is to sow broadcast the seeds of true dignity, manliness, and republicanism.
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