Biographical and critical miscellanies
1845
Book digitized by Google from the library of the New York Public Library and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. [10], 638 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 24 cm "With a single exception ... contributions originally made to the North American review."--Preface Includes bibliographical references Charles Brockden Brown, the American novelist -- Asylum for the blind -- Irving's Conquest of Granada -- Cervantes -- Sir Walter Scott -- Chateaubriand's English literature -- Bancroft's United States -- Madame Calderón's Life in Mexico -- Molière --Italian narrative poetry -- Poetry and romance of the Italians -- Scottish song -- Da Ponte's Observations