Biographical and critical miscellanies
By: by William H. Prescott
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1875
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
Subjects: Literature -- History and criticism; Authors
Notes: "W. H. Prescott's works.  Library edition."

All of the essays except the first were originally contributed to the North American review.  cf. Pref.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Charles Brockden Brown, the American novelist.; title: Asylum for the blind.; title: Irving's conquest of Granada.; title: Cervantes.; title: Sir Walter Scott.; title: Chateaubriand's English literature.; title: Bancroft's United States.; title: Madame Calderon's life in Mexico.; title: Molière.; title: Italian narrative poetry.; title: Poetry and romance of the Italians.; title: Scottish song.; title: Da Ponte's observations.; title: Ticknor's history of Spanish literature.