# Dedication explained — The Hoosier Schoolmaster

> Chapter companion for The Hoosier Schoolmaster by Edward Eggleston.

## What happens

The author dedicates this edition to the memory of James Russell Lowell, acknowledging Lowell's encouragement of his early studies of American dialect.

## Themes in this chapter

### Dialect and Cultural Identity

The dedication highlights the author's early studies of American dialect, a central theme of the book.

## Key lines

> As a pebble cast upon a great cairn, this edition is inscribed to the memory of James Russell Lowell, whose cordial encouragement to my early studies of American dialect is gratefully remembered.

This edition is dedicated to the late James Russell Lowell, whose warm support of my initial research into American dialects I remember with gratitude, like a small stone added to a large memorial mound.

_The author expresses gratitude and humility in dedicating the work._

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