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                |  [Preface
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                 vii]  | 
              
              
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                  A CHAPTER ON AUTOGRAPHY
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                 1  | 
              
              
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                  CRITICISMS.
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                  ELIZABETH BARRETT BARRETT, [[review of The Drama of Exile and Other Poems]]  | 
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                 63  | 
              
              
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                  R. H. HORNE, [[review of Orion: An Epic Poem]]  | 
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                 89  | 
              
              
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                  THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, [[review of Critical and Miscellaneous Essays]]  | 
                     | 
                 105  | 
              
              
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                  CHARLES DICKENS, [[review of
                    Barnaby Rudge]]  | 
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                 109  | 
              
              
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                  CHARLES LEVER, [[review of
                    Charles O’Malley, the Irish Dragoon]]  | 
                     | 
                 129  | 
              
              
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                  FRANCIS MARRYATT, [[review of
                    Joseph Rushbrook, or the Poacher]]  | 
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                 139  | 
              
              
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                  HENRY COCKTON, [[review of
                    Stanley Thorn]]  | 
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                 143  | 
              
              
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                  THOMAS HOOD, [[review of Prose
                    and Verse]]  | 
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                 147  | 
              
              
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                  ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH, [[review of The Poetical Writings]]  | 
                     | 
                 153  | 
              
              
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                  J. G. C. BRAINARD, [[“A Few Words About
                  Brainard”]]  | 
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                 164  | 
              
              
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                  RUFUS DAWES
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                 171  | 
              
              
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                  FLACCUS. — THOMAS WARD
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                 184  | 
              
              
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                  WILLIAM W. LORD
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                     | 
                 193  | 
              
              
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                  WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT
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                     | 
                 203  | 
              
              
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                  NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE
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                     | 
                 213  | 
              
              
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                  AMELIA WELBY
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                     | 
                 228  | 
              
              
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                  BAYARD TAYLOR
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                     | 
                 233  | 
              
              
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                  HENRY B. HIRST
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                     | 
                 235  | 
              
              
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                  ROBERT WALSH [[review of
                    Didactics]]  | 
                     | 
                 239  | 
              
              
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                  SEBA SMITH [[review of
                    Powhatan]]  | 
                     | 
                 242  | 
              
              
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                  MARGARET MILLER AND LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON
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                     | 
                 246  | 
              
              
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                  WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING
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                     | 
                 256  | 
              
              
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                  WILLIAM ROSS WALLACE
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                     | 
                 266  | 
              
              
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                  ESTELLE ANNA LEWIS (“Stella”)
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                     | 
                 268  | 
              
              
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                  JOEL T. HEADLEY, [[review of
                    The Sacred Mountains]]  | 
                     | 
                 275  | 
              
              
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                  GEORGE P. MORRIS
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                     | 
                 280  | 
              
              
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                  ROBERT M. BIRD [[review of The
                    Hawks of Hawk-Hollow and Sheppard Lee]]  | 
                     | 
                 282  | 
              
              
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                  CORNELIUS MATHEWS [[review of
                    Wakondah, or the Master of Life]]  | 
                     | 
                 288  | 
              
              
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                  WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS [[review of The Wigwam and the Cabin]]  | 
                     | 
                 299  | 
              
              
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                  JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL [[review of A Fable for Critics ]]  | 
                     | 
                 302  | 
              
              
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                  THE POETS AND POETRY OF AMERICA
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                 310  | 
              
              
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                  THE AMERICAN DRAMA
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                 317  | 
              
              
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                  LONGFELLOW’S BALLADS
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                     | 
                 349  | 
              
              
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                  J. RODMAN DRAKE AND THOMAS MOORE [[FANCY AND IMAGINATION]]  | 
                     | 
                 365  | 
              
              
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                  CRITICS AND CRITICISM
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                     | 
                 374  | 
              
              
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                  J. FENIMORE COOPER [[review of
                    Wyandotte, or the Hutted Knoll]]  | 
                     | 
                 380  | 
              
              
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                  FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD
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                 392  | 
              
              
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                  THE LITERATI OF NEW YORK
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                 407  | 
              
              
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                  GEORGE BUSH
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                 410  | 
              
              
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                  N. P. WILLIS
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                     | 
                 412  | 
              
              
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                  JOHN W. FRANCIS
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                     | 
                 419  | 
              
              
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                  ANNA CORA MOWATT
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                     | 
                 421  | 
              
              
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                  GEORGE B. CHEEVER
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                     | 
                 425  | 
              
              
                | 
                  CHARLES ANTHON
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                     | 
                 426  | 
              
              
                | 
                  RALPH HOYT
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                     | 
                 429  | 
              
              
                | 
                  FREEMAN HUNT
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                     | 
                 430  | 
              
              
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                  LAUGHTON OSBORN
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                     | 
                 433  | 
              
              
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                  FITZ-GREENE HALLECK
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                     | 
                 437  | 
              
              
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                  ANN S. STEPHENS
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                 443  | 
              
              
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                  EVERT A. DUYCKINCK
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                     | 
                 444  | 
              
              
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                  JAMES ALDRICH
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                     | 
                 446  | 
              
              
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                  CHRISTOPHER PEASE CRANCH
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                     | 
                 448  | 
              
              
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                  SARAH MARGARET FULLER (Marchesa d Ossoli)
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                     | 
                 452  | 
              
              
                | 
                  CAROLINE M. KIRKLAND
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                     | 
                 460  | 
              
              
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                  EPES SARGENT
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                     | 
                 463  | 
              
              
                | 
                  LYDIA M. CHILD
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                     | 
                 465  | 
              
              
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                  THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH
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                     | 
                 467  | 
              
              
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                  CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK
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                     | 
                 469  | 
              
              
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                  LEWIS GAYLORD CLARK
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                     | 
                 474  | 
              
              
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                  ANNE C. LYNCH (Mrs. Botta)
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                     | 
                 476  | 
              
              
                | 
                  CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN
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                     | 
                 477  | 
              
              
                | 
                  MARY E. HEWITT
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                     | 
                 481  | 
              
              
                | 
                  RICHARD ADAMS LOCKE
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                     | 
                 485  | 
              
              
                | 
                  OLD ENGLISH POETRY [[review of The Book of Gems]]  | 
                     | 
                 491  | 
              
              
                | 
                  STEPHENS’S “ARABIA PETRÆA” [[review]]  | 
                     | 
                 496  | 
              
              
                |  “THE QUACKS OF HELICON” [[review]]  | 
                     | 
                 515  | 
              
              
                | 
                  WASHINGTON IRVING’S
                      “ASTORIA” [[review]]  | 
                     | 
                 526  | 
              
              
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                  GENERAL INDEX
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                 557  |