Biographical and critical miscellanies.
By: By William H. Prescott ...
Contributors: John Davis Batchelder Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Harper & brothers
Published: 1845
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 638
Subjects: Literature -- History and criticism.
Notes: "With a single exception ... contributions originally made to the North American review."--Pref.
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 Calderón'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.