The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-04-15

Immediately following the adoption 81 The Con-
s%,ttutinn. that centre vas Philadelphia.
The enterpr- ~ NJ her publishers. ana
the long period over which their en-
ierprl-e extended. the character OF ""
books which they printed aud which the'r
fellow CiulenS read entitle her ~ that dlS''ho-
ion. II vas at Philadelphia that the nrst news
paper in the middle colonies. the first secular
magazine In North America, The fret reltsl'us
magazine. the first religious weekly ana inc
first daily newspaper in the United states were
established The first American ed4t'n "i 'he
Bible In anv European language uA- was
luthrr'- German version-and the frst Amer
ican edition ~ The Bible and New Testament
in English. and the rr,t American dit ~ a
loay lst NJ standard works by British writer's
cam. from Philadelphia presses ON the uS'
h.',r, 1909 were - he found Adam smith $
Wealth " Nation.." Paley's Moral Phlos"-
p1v." B.ack>tones Commentaries. h"o"r'-
sons histories. Russells "Mrdarn Europe
John, sons Dictionary" shaGe~peare's fIays'
Paradise l. ,st. the British Classic IN thirtE-
EIGHT volumes, Arist0ue's Ethics and ron
tcs, and -Kpic,erus. his Morals +" me
novels of terror and mystery exernpllneo IN
The Mysteries ~ UdNlphN." our country
contributed one writer NJ note. Charles Brock
den Brown. the irst man in the ne"
world who msdA letters a profession
and the first whose writings enute
hm u he called a novelist. Born al Ph'ladel-
phla in III and intend, ID for the bar. he began
a, the age ~ 20 n write romance, which were
hailed a, work, Of genius by his counuyinen.
That they III Mould have been 50 reSardedis CON
sldered by the author ~ this history a sgn ~
the unwhol-some literary taste Of the Time, for
NJ such men and women. no such scenery, NJ
slch supernatural machinery. NJ such h'rr!-
bic adventure. are permissible even IN 70
mantle ncuon. 1t II, however. conceded that
Browns stones are always well told ana that
many oi the ,cene,, such a. those In Phusdr!,
phla during the Plague 81 !793, are oescf!oru
with SIKH.
American literature may be said TO have
begun IN 1904 with the publication Of A HIS
tory Of New YORK by Diednch hnlck-roocE"r
OF all the BOOKS Up a. nat time written 10y Amer
~. this Was the most original The r.iasin
which Franklin had given 10 the clean I'D
MN, Poor Richard, was 'urrGs~ed oY IN"
senblarce Of .Ciul sxlstehcs with which lrN-
lag invested the Little old sentlenaa II black
a reader with DIich blood N his VEINS ici!ed
- see the humor OF the book, but the verdict
Of our cnuntrymen has proA1unced II q nSsle'-
u 1919, "Brlcebridse han IN ls?I and The
Tales 81 a Traveller" in lS?, H. now beSan
s%eri9usIy to contemplate 6 NE Of Nashns'9n,
TINT beng by q visit 10 Spain The outcome
O; this Nlslt wcs The Lie Of Columbus SAA,l.
lad teen Enriched by many worthy oonlri op-
UunS Marshal! had written hi LIE OF Wash
i%uctnn.' Tempe. FraukIn had published the
vr'inSs o. hs Musir.ous grandfather Spares
tory. while the people Of Great Brtaln - weI
"a ~ TIE nlied States were eagerly, re.dll-
The Spy .IRe Plot - Ae La,j q ~s M'.r ~
yesr- Younger Ihc. living having been born
r. I7So A'ts9 passing some ume - iie COL
leee. he obtained . commission as mdIhlinan
IL the United STATES Navy. and served Tor 'hrre
years H Wis 81 years oo before. Z casual
remark IN tAs part OF his wife turned him rom
an idler into one Of The most rro.!hc Of Amer
hl"d on the profession ~ author. - he >tNh-
bed INFO farne Neither he nor the publisher
lad the smallest CONCEPTION OF The iqerlt- OF
cepuon which would BE- given 10 II ny the pun
lc With sI months ~ the day II issue the
book lts>ed through three EDITIONS IN America,
published IN T. Sl1nd and Wa Translated into
french Before tie close of the period GOV.
| erAdb by The narrative before ", GDooper hid pro-
L.acoIn," II. Last Of The Mohcans =
! Prairie, The, Rcd Rover. and The
Wer, q wss,I2n,Wi;s By III. TIM M1e,
o. ~lAtters IN America Nor VS. The
! position a mean one. for many n wriie!
: who's. nsrna j. now a household word had te-
gII L literary career and many ~ or2t' n
: poem and book which postertv has thought
worthy n preservation had been already, pro-
dUced We have s-en what Irvlns had &C,
! couplishad betor- 1899 DqnieI Webster had
delivered Ms Plymouth aud Bunker ,H.l ora
tons AID his euloSy Of Adams and jefferson
From Rrya-t had come "Thhnatopsls, from
Ealleck. Marco Bollars' from long'ellow
y Ryrn 70 The Moravl.n Nuns from frsnci.
Scott ksy The Star s~pansied Banner and
from Drake. The Culpr., FAY and hs noen,
or the America sss George Rsncror p.Nld
. sparks, k.cAard Il Dams. James 4 Pauldlns
and John Howard PAYNE had begun 70 write