| Preface |
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| Introduction |
5 |
| Selected Literary Essays and Reviews |
27 |
| On Theatres <2> |
28 |
| On The Effect Of Theatric Exhibitions <3> |
29 |
| A Receipt For A Modern Romance <10> |
33 |
| A Complete History of Connecticut (Benjamin Trumbull) <16> |
34 |
| The Life of Ezra Stiles (Abiel Holmes) <17> |
36 |
| Sermons on Various Subjects (Nathan Strong) <18> |
37 |
| Parallel Between Hume, Robertson and Gibbon <21> |
41 |
| New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America (Benjamin Smith Barton) <22> |
45 |
| The History of America (William Robertson) <23> |
48 |
| Poems (Robert Southey) <26> |
50 |
| The History of Pennsylvania (Robert Proud) <29> |
52 |
| Joan of Arc: An Epic Poem (Robert Southey) <30> |
53 |
| Walstein's School Of History. From The German Of Krants Of Gotha <35> |
58 |
| An Oration in Commemoration of the Anniversary of American Independence (John Lowell)
<39> |
73 |
| A Summary History of New England (Hannah Adams) <44> |
75 |
| A Brief History of Epidemic and Pestilential Diseases (Noah Webster) <47> |
79 |
| Dialogues Of The Living. Dialogue II <53> |
86 |
| An Oration on the Death of General Washington (Governeur Morris) <57> |
89 |
| An Oration on the Death of General Washington (William P. Beers) <59> |
92 |
| An Elegiac Poem on the Death of General Washington (Charles Caldwell) <64> |
95 |
| The Wild Youth: A Comedy for Digestion. The Wild-Goose Chase: A Play (August von Kotzebue)
<65> |
97 |
| Remarks On A Passage In Virgil <67> |
99 |
| The Difference Between History and Romance <68> |
105 |
| The Death of Washington, a Poem (John Blair Linn) <72> |
107 |
| Preface <80> |
109 |
| On A Taste For The Picturesque <83> |
117 |
| Poems (Samuel Low) <84, 100> |
120 |
| Thoughts On American Newspapers <98> |
128 |
| Objections To Richardson's Clarissa <102> |
133 |
| Letter Concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq., President of the United States (Alexander Hamilton) <105> |
136 |
| On The Portraits Of Death <108> |
144 |
| Poems, Chiefly Occasional (William Cliffton) <110> |
148 |
| Pizarro in Peru; or, The Death of Rolla: A Play in five Acts. From the German of Augustus Von Kotzebue (William Dunlap) <111> |
158 |
| The Editor's Address To The Public <114> |
160 |
| On The Odes Of Anacreon <123a> |
165 |
| Poetry <123b> |
167 |
| Robinson Crusoe <126a> |
170 |
| Novel_reading <128a> |
175 |
| Distinction Between Poetry and Prose <143> |
181 |
| Fielding and Richardson <146> |
185 |
| Romances <148> |
187 |
| Terrific Novels <156> |
188 |
| Alliance Between Poverty and Genius <159> |
190 |
| Goldsmith and Johnson <165> |
199 |
| Of Persian Poetry and Hafiz <166> |
200 |
| Spenser's Fairy Queen Modernized <167> |
205 |
| On Story-Telling <170> |
207 |
| Sketches Of Some Recent Novels <178> |
209 |
| On Anecdotes <187> |
211 |
| Historical Characters Are False Representations Of Nature <192> |
220 |
| Remarks On Reading <193> |
224 |
| On Poetical Expression <194> |
230 |
| Remarks On Mysteries <209> |
237 |
| On The Standard Of Taste <210> |
239 |
| Modes Of Historical Writing <215> |
244 |
| On The Cause Of The Popularity Of Novels <227> |
246 |
| A Sketch Of American Literature For 1806-7 <238b> |
249 |
| A Sketch Of The Life and Character Of John Blair Linn <247> |
262 |
| Annotated Bibliography Of Brown's Literary Essays and Reviews |
279 |
| In The Weekly Magazine of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence |
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| In The Monthly Magazine, and American Review |
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| In The American Review and Literary Journal |
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| In The Literary Magazine, and American Register |
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| In The American Register, and General Repository of History, Politics, and Science |
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| In The Port Folio |
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| Textual Notes |
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| List Of Abbreviations |
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| Index |
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