Text: Anonymous, “[Review of the American Museum of Literature for November]”, Virginia Free Press (Charles Town, West Virginia), January 10, 1839, vol. 31, no. 50, p. 2, col. 4


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“AMERICAN MUSEUM OF LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.” — This periodical, published monthly in Baltimore, by Messers. BROOKS & SNODGRASS, though it has only reached its fourth number, has acquired a very enviable reputation. — “The Atlantis” is certainly one of the best Magazine articles, if not the best, that we have read for years, and is of itself sufficient to give character to the work. An article in the same number (the third) entitled “Geology and Revelation,” showing the consistency between the facts demonstrated by geological researches and the sacred scriptures, will meet with a cordial reception. Edgar A. Poe furnishes an article, likewise, keenly sarcastic and exquisitely humorous, under the quant title of “the Psyche Zenobia.” we cordially recommend this periodical to the patronage of the reading community. — [Lynchburg Virginia.

 


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Notes:

“The Psyche Zenobia” was the original title of “How to Write a Blackwood Article.”

 

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