The native American., 1837-09-09
TIE AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY.


hoas It's collected body Of national poetry or which tbe
seal OF judgment, been set and whie
gress literary refinement amons IL, & pro-
tansi while England especially proudly displays to b
world CORPUS p0sm the luse Of whose immortal wrea, %s
has shed brighter glory upon her than the most snen
did rumphs which her statesmen and her sodery have
ve own country appears TO be destitute poetic honor
Appears say, for although full collection Of ,he
of wiers has been made vet there s i,
occasionally to be met with, productions of Amercsn ~
which will bear comparison W h the nobest and most
efforts Of European genius, and which claim for Ans a
high rank In the scale OF literary elevation now ce no
older and in some respects more fayoured lands.
Impressed with the correctness Of this judgment we rro
to issue monthly magazine which shall contain in pert
unnutated FORM the most mertorious beautiful eif
Of poets OF ofthe and ne with sush
introductory Critical and geographic notices. shall be nece.
sary understanding of the works pre n s
reader and TO add interest TO the publications Those who
imagine that there exists dearh of such an un
detakng who believe that the Aonan Maids have confnad
their richest avours to transatlantic bretheren the exc
sion OF native genius will De surprised learn that are al
really possession Of than hundred volumes Of The
productions of American bas from about the year 1850 to
present day Nor from these sources alone b.t a,a
ais may be drawn. There but few writer's in our
who authorship vocation, and whose works have
been published in collected form. Our poets esDeciaIIy
have gen orally written for particular occasions with the REM
embrance OF which their productions have gone rest or their
eusons have been carressly inserted periodicals OF s
merit and ,m.ted circulation where they unlikely
attract notice to themselves draw attention their au
tors. the grass Of the field and the flowers Of the wilderness
growing the ashes Of many of the highly gifted who
through the wild and romsntic regions of republic have
scattered poetry in ngos bright from the mint genjus
and glowing with the impress of beauty the spirit Of truth
quantities sufficient, known and appreciated as 4
would be in other countries them an honorable
reputation throughout the world. Such were HARSEr au-
thor Of Crystalline and the Fever Dream sxSDs. anthor
VI Yamoy den WILcox author Of ehe Age of
ROBINSON, author of The Savage LITTLE the swee ana
tender poet Of Christian feeling the amented RANARD and
many bcside whose writings almost unknown save Nv
their kindred, associates and friends. se.#
With the of those poets who within the last few years
the Atlantic Bryans, Dana, PercDal Spugus. Mpoynes.
Whner, Wis, &c. the public familiar: and we can as
SURE them that there exists though long forgotten and
which will amply repay the abour Of exploring T. and adS
undyng lustle to the which encices the brow Of
American genius In disqualification proposed we shall
o the oblivion to whsh they have long been con-
signed and embalm in bright and impershabe form the
M gems 2aest ray with ssh our researches
and confident that every lover Of his native land will
regard our enterprise patriotic and deserving the support
character of the country the of nations and assert s
claims to the station 10 which the genius its children en
munity aid us in undertaking, That are er
ng its support by exhibiting the world proud evidence
that America in the giant strength Of her Harcuean child
hood destined long to in the Of literature
with those lands which for boase their cy
and refinement and justly exuted in the rumphs Of
their cherished in the noblest field which Heaven has
opened to human intellect
The AMERIcAN ANTHOLOGY will contain the comnrete
works OF portion Of the ollowngthe popular of our
poetic writcrand Of the Others the best poems and such as
nre least generally known:
John Quincy Adams, Washington 4Ason, Joseph Barber
Joel Bar!ov Park, Benjamin Elisabeth, Begara, JeAn c.
Hills Gaylord Clark, Robert s. Co6Tn Richard r. Dana
George Doane, Joseph Rodman Drake Timothy DrOght,
sane snaef'1 T. @ Ss f:na e. nSz a nevc p os5 hss
Hannah r; Gould f;tz- Greene Haneck, John N. Hnney,
Jchn . 4: Aahonss Gsa!ss r Hoffman, iellsn srevM
febont, E.1vard c. Pinckney George D. Prentice j. o.
Roekne' Robert c. Sands, Lydia Sgomnes, Charles
Hemore, John Greenlleaf Whstter, Nathaniel p. iMs
In addition the poems of the named authors sch
ections comprising the best productions of than
hundred other American writer's, will be given the work
The AMEnIcAr ANTHOLOGY will be published on the ar,
Saturday of every month Each number will conan seyenty
two royal octave pages printed in the beautiful
paper Of superior quality and two portraits on
steel, with other illustrations. '7".a
PnIcE, five dollars per annurn, payable in advance
The first number will be published in December
Subscriptions received in New York BY WILEY pv7sun,
l8i Broadway and GRIswoLD CAMBRKLITG, 118 Fulton
Street. All letters to be addressed, post paid to
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