New-York tribune., 1842-04-21
HE TRIB UN e.

.lng PoETs lSD PogrRY=oy AMERICA: Edited
bv i,Ugus ". G,s,swoLp ,-'fhi' worN has AT ienst'
bcca issued BY Carey & Hart. in large and ien
octave of over 500 pages. The f:on'isrlcce Is a
steel engraving, cmbodying Portraits :" bHfAST
HA,rvcK. SrRaour and LosGgEtLo''', mount
cd by Il bu,, Of DAyA. An exquisite fancy piece
,,s;,ncl bv Crcsw;ck graccs the ,t.c-pagc..li nc
volts G,ly dedicated TO Washington All-ton,
lilo r1dcs,= tie Living Poets of America and }le
,,,os, Iffos,r;,u. of tc. Painters. and then passes
=, rcflorv note To the Reader. il winch ;llc
i1.lr,. AID rccy OF international Copyright IS in.
cidc;,a!ly hu, f1rcbiy insisted on. \ Historical
Jo,roiuc.ipn succeeds, tracing tie rude en-: at
,cmp,s at vcrsc-writing in this Country through a
line Of sudIy uupor,ical aspirant' so m;ddlisg
bad were better down to=the Revolutionary cru,
which Justly regarded US tim, of the origin OF
genuine Poetry il America Here the body OF
the work cor,,nc:iccs wit l'iiii, Frcncau and as
tic .nu,nbcl and chronological order of our burd'
ma, be deemed :, matter Of general interest, wc
lave complied rtorn the work the following list OF
,!m,e deemed by Sir. GriswoId worthy of a bio
graphical sketch accompanying selections from
,hc II writings rs 'Ihc Poet. of America, viz:
Th!io r.-sneati J. G. e. RrAnard, H. W. I'nrt-ow,
yo,.. rcuf-hul trJa II Sgourn"y John G. Whittier
Tiln IL. Dwight. George ". Dcan". tlk"hcth Hall!
Eayi iinln,I;reys Wa Il % rcabody .Emmu G.. Enbvy
sl Barlow. Ral"f, G ,,a,- nii~erw. Holmes.
Richard N>rp. Geuv,iie hleci, Albert Pike,
<; Ioi.aHoGcywoo!, GgorgcIii, - Park benjamin,
William Chiffon, James G Brooks, v" Gayiori Clark
nl,i Treat Fame Albert g. Greene, VIM. D Gallagher,
Washington Als.on, william Lcprel., jams r. Clark.
Jauc- *. launiE., Eds G. Fnckncy, Ehzhbeth r tl.t,
I.:i Fri she Ralph" Emorson. james Mdrich.
.lo.nPi.r5a:, SUmnerl. Fairfield, Ania T. Dian'cs,
And, NOr;nu. I,Utu> Dawes. Edgar y. Poe,
ci,.s ii Dana ElrnunD c,iilio Isaac MI.e!an Jr.
95,@s Hio,,e G-n o rrlicc. Aired 3: Street,
c <ar,..u.. S}ii:i Cr.l,vci Wa IT, l.uriech,
il.un.., + Could, Waiter Cotton. Vim rahohic,
CARD, WjIcox Cllas. II Holman Ions /. Noble
Henry V,rr Ir AIr,. Suba. Saith, &. T. CrHncil,
MIg,mC i:r!an,. Na,li' Wills. u. I. rnckcrmnn,
e5uScgl f.!wlrd :;antri, Epcs Sargent,
I.lntmluDrahc. J. @ i;-ckwcll, Lacy Hooper
,l7ria aroo6s. lGonas Ward, ns,hnr 6. Cox c
EuGrccael allec ". Gilmore Suins AnlrIta t. Wtiby.
Sam'l C Coo!rc, teorgc Lun', ncre'.a Davidson L!
Isaac C!ason iona. Lawrence" Niar-af' oh''''"
OF many OF these Poets nearly all they !,:ve wrig
,c i5#cmbodicd ii, this work while Others are of
course quoted more spa,incly. Dana, Sprasec,
Holmes, Br,inar,,. Sands, Picrpcnt, Willis, w.
&. Clark Whittier. Pike. Hoffman. and Pinckncy
arr included IL the first class On the other hand
brief selections are given in an Appendix from the
o.ca .ioral illusions Of j. oAdams. Edward Ever
EFT, p NJ. Wctmorc. ". WaIl"ce CIV. be'h1lnr,
" n. c. Hosmcr, J. 7. Fields Mrs. f. S Os-
goo,I, and sir1p others who have written good
verses either without c>sayin to rank as Poets. or
else, wi;l!oul having vet reached the maturity OF
thor powers aud ciiors. az TO be fairly alncna-
bl,, "a, the rieid ordeal of Criticism.
As Whole. This IS the most complete and COM
prelicnsiyc collection of American Poetry nclud-
jng Biog,aphicaa,d Critical Notices of the Poets,
cyc,, yc, published and we doubt not it will be
received with emphatic and increasing tavorby
the public 1t is for sale in this city by Wiley x
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