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<dl><dd>5 preliminary leaves, 638 pages : 24 cm</dd>
<dd>"With a single exception ... contributions originally made to the North American review."--Preface</dd>
<dd>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</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Literature -- History and criticism; Literature</div>
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Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859</div>
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