The native American. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1840, 1837-09-30
THE MERICAN ANTHoLOGY.

|oeVy, 0togTubhy Cr7HcsSM 70 oe pu0-
Ashed Jalsnfhiy. viii splendid Massrasisns ssel
WHILE nearly every other country Of the old world
seal o. judgment has been set and which
EXHIBITS to foreign nations in the striking light the
9. and literary refinement among its inhab
w"ae England, especially, proudly displays to the
~orlu Poesdrsm the ustre of whose immortal wreath
shed brighter glory upon her name than the most spen-
we'd our country appears destitute of poetic honors
ars we say for although full collection Of the chef a.
~ Our writer's has been made, yet there exist and
10 De met with, productions OF American poets
which will bear comparison with the nobest and most polished
EFFORTS OF European genius, and which claim for America a.
older and n some q ,o"reJ lands.
Impressed with the Of this judgment propose
70 issue monthly magazine which shall contains in perfect,
torn. the merorous and beautiful ehusions
poets Of America ohe past and present tme with such
critical and Geographic notices. shall be
reader to add interest to the publication Those who
imagine that there exists dearh of materials for such
dertakng, who believe that the Aonan Maids have confined
their riches: avous transatlantic bretheren to the excu-
sion Of native genius will be surprised to learn that we are
ready possession of than hundred volumes OF the
productions OF American ba from about the year 1850 to
the present day. Nor from these alone that maer
may De drawn There but few writers in country
who pursue authorship vocon and whose works have
been published in collected FORM Our poets, especially
have gen orally written for particular OCCASIONS with the
OF which their productions have gone their
have been earessy inserted periodicals Of slight
merit and limited circulation where they unlikely to
attract notice to themselves. draw attention their
hors the grass Of the field and the flowers Of the wilderness
are growing the aes Of many Of the highly gifted who
through the wild and regions Of republic
scattered poetry ingots bright from the mint Of genus
and glowing with the impress Of beauty and the spirit Of TRUTH
in quantities sufficient, il known and appreciated il
would be in other countries them honorable
reputation throughout the world. Such HARVEY
Of Yamoyden WILcox author Of rhe Age of Benevolence,
RoaINsoN. author Of The Savage, Little the sweet and
tender poet Of Christian feeling the lamented BnAsARD and
many beside, whose writings almost unknown by
their kindred, associates, and friends.
Wihthe othose poets who within the last few years
have extended the reputation Of American literature beyond
the Atlantic, Bryant DANA Perciya Spragne, Sgoney,
Whitter, Hills, &C. the public familiar: and
them that there exists though long forgotten and
known mine Of poetic wealth, rch varied and extensive
which will amply repay the labour Of exploring it, and add
undying use the which encircles the brow Of
American genius In the publication proposed shall
fro the oblivion which they have long been
signed, and embalm in bright and impershable form the
numberes gems Of ray with which researches
into the literary antiquities of country have endowed
and confident that every lover Of his native land will
regard enterprise patriotic and deserving the support
of the citizens Of the United Sates tending elevate the
character ohe country in the scale Of nations and its
claims the station which the genius of its children en
ties it. With this conviction ask the patronage Of The
ing its support by exhibiting the world proud evidence
that America in the giant strength of her Hurculean child
with those lands which for centuries have boas,ed their cv
zaon and refinement, and justly exned in the rumphs OF
their cherished in the nobest field which Heaven has
The AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY will contain the complete
works Of portion of the ollownghe most popular Of our
poetic wrerand Of the Others the best poems and such
are least generally known:
John Quincy .qdams, Washington 4Aon, Joseph Barber.
Joel Barow, Park benjamin, Ezabeth, Begart, John g.
G. BrainarH, James G. Brooks. HIMam Cullen bryant,
Wills Gaylord Clark. Robert s. Coffin. Richard IL Dana,
George ~ Doane, Joseph Roman Drake Timothy bright,
Elizabeth r. Elet, Emma C. Embtuy EduDard Everet,
Samuel L. Fairfield, Philip Fenan, lillian d. Gallagher,
Hannah F. Could F;z-C Greene Haleck, John NJ. Harvey,
Ichn A. NAhonse Charles F.. Hoffman, .Ne2en GrenraK
Neal John Peabody, B. " o. James G Perciua, !ohn
Fserpont, E.vard C. Pckney, George D. Prentice, 0.
Rockwell Robert C. Sands, Lydia H. &gonrney, Charles
Sbragne j. Il. Sntermeser, John TfmnbnH, PROSPER M
Ipetmore, John Green6af WhiHer, Nathauiel p. Hills
In addition to the poems Of the above named authors sell
ectons comprising the best productions Of than four
hundred other American WRITER'S will be given the work
progresses.
The AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY will be published the first
Saturday every Each number will contain seventy
royal pages, printed in the beautiful
paper Of superior quality, and two portraits
teel, with other illustrations.
PRIcE, FIVE dollars per annum, payable in advance.
The first number will be published in December.
Subscriptions received in New York by WILEY PuTyr
81 Broadway, and GRIswoLD & CAMBRELINs, 1I8 Fulton
Street. All letters to be addressed, post paid to
RUFUS w GkISWOLD.
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