THE AMERICAN REVIEW
A WHIG JOURNAL
OF
POLITICS, LITERATURE, ART AND SCIENCE
NO. XIV
FEBRUARY
1846
PUBLISHED BY
George H. Colton
New York
114 pages
+ 8 pages Cary & Hart Publishers Book Lists
The American Review was an intellectual magazine begun late 1844/early 1845 timed to promote Whig candidate Henry Clay in the presidential election against James K. Polk, who was supported by the Democratic Review. It is noted for publishing some works by Edgar Allan Poe (but not in this issue), and Poe almost became the magazine's Assistant Editor. Poe said the magazine was the best of its kind in the United States.
Contents of this issue include:
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The Oregon Question: War and Peace
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Birds and Poets: Analogies and Similitude
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To a Fly in Winter (poem)
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Notes by the Road. No. I. Of What it Costs, and How it Costs
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The Vastness of the Universe
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Buenos Ayres and the Republic of the Banda Oriental
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The Author of the Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
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Words of the Corpse-Watcher to His Comrade (poem) by H. W. P.
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My First and Last Chamois Hunt
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Memoir of Hon. Isaac C. Bates, Late United States Senator from Massachusetts
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The True Principle of Poetry
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The Acting Stage - Mrs. Mowatt
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Finance and Commerce
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Foreign Miscellany
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Hart's Bust of Clay
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The Life of Mozart, including his Correspondence by Edward Holmes
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Reports of Criminal Cases tried in the Municipal Court of the City of Boston before Peter Oxenbridge Thacher. Edited by Horatio Woodman
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Sketches of Modern Literature and Eminent Literary Men by George Gilfillan
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Montezuma, the Last of the Aztecs by Edward Maturin
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Wordsworth, a Poem by William Wallace
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Appleton's Literary Miscellany; Life of Schiller by T. Carlyle
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American Journal of Science and Arts - Prof. Silliman, B. Silliman, Jr., and James D. Dana
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New York Historical Society
The American Review ceased publication in 1849, probably because it had little if any illustration and appealed only to a small segment of the population. Consequently, back issues are scarce. It is not unusual to see a single issue going for between $25 - $50. Magazine is 6 " x 9 1/4", front cover attached with chipping on the bottom, back cover detached, and only 1/3 of the spine remains, but otherwise complete and in pretty good condition.
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