 In 1874 , Longfellow oversaw a 31 @-@ volume anthology called Poems of Places , which collected poems representing several geographical locations , including European , Asian , and Arabian countries . Emerson was disappointed and reportedly told Longfellow : " The world is expecting better things of you than this ... You are wasting time that should be bestowed upon original production " . In preparing the volume , Longfellow hired Katherine Sherwood Bonner as an amanuensis . 
