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Proofreading Lockhart's Scott: The Dynamics of Biographical Reticence by Francis Russell Hart

Thomas Carnan and the Almanack Monopoly by Cyprian Blagden

The Shares of Fletcher and his Collaborators in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon (VI) by Cyrus Hoy

Literary Problems in Seventeenth-Century Scientific Manuscripts by H. W. Jones

Scottish Printers and Booksellers 1668-1775: A Second Supplement (I) by Robert Hay Carnie

Franklin's Poor Richard Almanacs: Their Printing and Publication by C. William Miller

Jefferson as Collector of Virginiana by Richard Beale Davis

The Amazing Career of Andrew Barclay, Scottish Bookbinder, of Boston by Hannah D. French

Contributors to the American Quarterly Review, 1827-1833 by Ralph M. Aderman

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Notes

Agent and Author: Ellen Glasgow's Letters to Paul Revere Reynolds by James B. Colvert

THE Grammaticæ Artis Institutio of Joannes Susenbrotus: A Bibliographical Note by Joseph X. Brennan

Lydgate's Serpent of Division, 1559, Edited by John Stow by William Ringler

A Note on the Printing of E. K.'s Glosses by Jack Stillinger

Guide-Lines in Small Formats (about 1600) by Giles E. Dawson

Penny-Pinching Printers and Tampered Titles by Franklin B. Williams, Jr.

The First Edition of Greene's Quip for an Upstart Courtier by I. A. Shapiro

Notes on the Text of Thierry and Theodoret Q1 by Robert K. Turner, Jr

Richardsoniana by T. C. Duncan Eaves and Ben D. Kimpel

Thomas Taylor's Biography by G. E. Bentley, Jr.

Unrecorded Coleridge Variants: Additions and Corrections by David V. Erdman, Lucyle Werkmeister, and R. S. Woof

Elizabeth Barrett and R. Shelton MacKenzie by David Bonnell Green

Elias Burling, A Call to Back-Sliding Israel, New York, 1694: An Unrecorded Tract Printed by William Bradford by A. N. L. Munby

Some Remarks on the Extant Manuscripts of Hawthorne's Short Stories by Seymour L. Gross and Alfred J. Levy

Imposition Figures and Plate Gangs in The Rescue by Matthew J. Bruccoli and Charles A. Rheault, Jr.

A SELECTIVE CHECK LIST OF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SCHOLARSHIP FOR 1959

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Contributors to the American Quarterly Review, 1827-1833
by
Ralph M. Aderman

One frustrating aspect of many nineteenth-century American periodicals is that their contributors remain anonymous, usually with no marked set or other records left behind to identify them. While many of the writings justly deserve their anonymous entombment, others may add to the fugitive writings of well-known authors and increase our understanding of them.

The American Quarterly Review is a case in point. Taking all knowledge for its province, it noticed everything from legal commentaries to histories of German and Italian music and systems of Egyptian hieroglyphics. Along with these more unconventional and esoteric subjects the magazine also discussed many of the important histories, biographies, travel books, and scientific works which had recently appeared or which continued to arouse interest despite their age. Linguistic barriers did not exist for the Review; volumes in all languages ancient and modern which came under its critical scrutiny were dispatched with sureness and authority. The quarterly appealed to the serious cultured reader who had the patience to plumb the prolixities of the pages and dig out the nuggets buried therein.

Edited by Robert Walsh, the American Quarterly Review was published by Carey and Lea in Philadelphia during its first six years. From the entries in the publishers' account book (now in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania) we learn some pertinent details about the contributors, most of whom heretofore have not been positively identified.[1] Even in these entries we find the name of an occasional reviewer

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omitted; frequently in these instances he was an editorial assistant who wrote just enough copy to pad out the issue. In the account book the usual pattern for the entry for each issue is to list, in order of appearance, the reviewers, the total number of pages they contributed, and the payment they received. In a few instances the order of the contributors in the listing in the account book does not correspond to the order in the magazine, but usually these discrepancies can be worked out by checking the number of pages in the review with the number assigned to contributors in the account book.

Although Robert Walsh often assigned books to the best authorities in the field, he still drew heavily upon the intellectuals of the Philadelphia area to write the essay-reviews for his journal. Professors, lawyers, physicians, and writers contributed articles which are thorough, searching discussions but all too frequently written in a heavy-handed style that today repulses all but the hardiest reader. The dullness of the pages of the American Quarterly Review is no greater than some of its contemporaries, and it doubtless appealed to a thoughtful segment of the population which passed its time in reading learned discourses such as these. Reader interest is reflected in the size of the printings, which varied from 4500 copies per issue to 1250.

In the following list, details from the account book and the magazine are combined. First, the reviewer is identified, together with the pages which his article occupies in the issue and his payment as listed in the account book. Following is the title of the topic under consideration.

Volume I, no. 1 (March, 1827)

I Robert Walsh,[2] 2-38. "American Biography."
II James Renwick,[3] 38-54; $32. "Trigonometry."

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III Frederick Beasley,[4] 54-77, $40. "Eulogies on Jefferson and Adams."
IV John D. Godman,[5] 78-105, $56. "Fossil Remains."
V Joseph Hopkinson,[6] 106-129, $75. "Doctrine of Contracts."
VI Timothy Pitkin,[7] 129-153, $35. "Secret Journals of the Old Congress."
VII George Bancroft,[8] 153-162, $10. "Mrs. Hemans's Poems."
VIII Peter S. Duponceau,[9] 162-188, $54. "Kent on American Law."
IX Walsh, 189-222. "French Revolution."
X James Kirke Paulding,[10] 222-234, $25. "English Fashionable Life."
XI Robert Patterson,[11] 235-253, $38. "Symmes's Theory."
XII William Rawle, Jr.,[12] 254-286, $60. "Greek Controversy."
XIII Hopkinson, 286-307. "Souvenirs."

Volume I, no. 2 (June, 1827)

I ------- Tucker,[13] 309-331, $44. "Political Economy."
II Paulding, 331-357, $50. "American Drama."
III Dr. Isaac C. Snowden,[14] 357-371, $28. "Epicurean Philosophy."
IV René La Roche,[15] 371-400, $58. "Italian Music."

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V Walsh, 401-437. "American Biography."
VI Renwick, 438-458, $40. "Egyptian Hieroglyphics."
VII Godman, 458-472, $30. "Natural History."
VIII Rawle, 473-494, $40. "Australia."
IX Thomas I. Wharton,[16] 494-520, $50. "Political System of America."
X Walsh, 521-550. "Segur's Memoirs."
XI John Sanderson,[17] 550-578, $50. "French Literature."
XII Walsh, 578-605. "Life of Napoleon."

Volume II, no. 3 (September, 1827)

I Renwick, 1-19, $36. "Theory of Ships."
II Paulding, 19-46, $50. "Historical Romance."
III Henry Vethake,[18] 47-69, $45. "Political Economy."
IV ------- Metcalf,[19] 70-102, $60. "Law of Marriage and Divorce."
V Walsh, 102-120. "Biography of Chatham."
VI Godman, 120-134, $25. "Southern Africa."
VII Rawle, 134-171, $60. "Barrington's Sketches of His Own Times."
VIII Bancroft, 171-186, $30. "German Literature."
IX Hopkinson, 186-214, $55. "Constitutional Law."
X Achille Murat,[20] 214-237, $25. "Florida."
XI Tucker, 237-267, $60. "Negro Slavery."
XII [Author not indicated],[21] 267-306. "British Colonial and Navigation System."

Volume II, no. 4 (December, 1827)

I Thomas Cooper,[22] 307-337, $60. "Origin of the Homeric Poems."

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II John Read,[23] 338-362, $40. "Mexico."
III ------- Wallenski,[24] 362-395, $60. "Life of Bernardin de St. Pierre."
IV Paulding, 395-422, $50. "Travels of Lieutenant De Roos."
V Dr. Robley Dunglison,[25] 422-458, $70. "Gastronomy of the Romans."
VI George Ticknor,[26] 458-482, $45. "Works of Chateaubriand."
VII Bancroft, 482-509, $50. "Early American Poetry."
VIII Renwick, 509-533, $60. "Egyptian Chronology."
IX Renwick, 533-539. "Weights and Measures."
X Walsh, 539-584. "Carter's Letters from Europe."

Volume III, no. 5 (March, 1828)

I Renwick, 1-26, $70. "Atmospherical Phenomena."
II Rawle, 26-61, $60. "Hallam's Constitutional History."
III Dunglison, 61-88, $50. "Voyage to the Moon."
IV Walsh, 88-115. "Sparks's Life of Ledyard."
V Ticknor, 115-126, $20. "Dana's Poems."
VI Francis Lieber,[27] 126-150, $45. "Gymnastics."
VII Bancroft, 150-173, $45. "German Literature."
VIII Renwick, 173-190. "Irving's Life of Columbus."
IX Paulding,[28] 190-220, $50. "The Greeks and the Turks."
X Walsh, 220-255. "Bausset's Napoleon."
XI Wallenski, 255-286, $50. "Russian Mission to China."

Volume III, no. 6 (June, 1828)

I Renwick, 287-320, $65. "Astronomy."
II Francis Wayland,[29] 321-342, $45. "Lawrence's Lectures."

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III Robert Rantoul, Jr.,[30] 342-369, $40. "The Sandwich Islands."
IV Dr. John K. Mitchell,[31] 370-391, $40. "Bees."
V Dr. Thomas C. James,[32] 391-422, $60. "Indian Language and Condition."
VI Dunglison, 423-469, $90. "Popular Superstitions."
VII Walsh, 469-480. "Austin's Life of Elbridge Gerry."
VIII Henry Wheaton,[33] 481-490. "Scandinavian Literature."
IX Hopkinson, 491-505, $25. "The United States, and the London Quarterly Review."
X Isaac Lea,[34] 505-542. "North-West Passage."
XI Henry D. Gilpin [?],[35] 543-573. "Joseph Napoleon."

Volume IV, no. 7 (September, 1828)

I [Author not indicated], 1-27, $50. "Brown's Philosophy."
II Renwick, 27-53, $50. "Egyptian History."
III [Author not indicated], 53-85, $60. "Jurisprudence of Louisiana."
IV Read, 85-115, $56. "Ward's Mexico."
V Walsh, 115-156. "Bishop Heber's India."
VI Bancroft, 157-190, $65. "German Literature."
VII John Pickering,[36] 191-214, $45. "English Orthoepy."
VIII Gilpin, 215-243, $50. "Franklin's Second Expedition."
IX Duponceau, 244-266, $40. "Saxe-Weimar's Travels."
X [Author not indicated], 266-270. "Controversy respecting the pretensions of Marcus Bull to the Rumford Premium."

Volume IV, no. 8 (December, 1828)

I Gregory T. Bedell,[37] 271-286, $28. "Heber's Palestine."
II Cooper, 286-308, $44. "Malaria."
III Ticknor, 308-349, $80. "Early Spanish Drama."
IV Wheaton, 350-366, $35. "Maritime Expeditions of the Normans."

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V Renwick, 367-395, $55. "Niebuhr's Roman History."
VI Samuel Bayard,[38] 395-426, $60. "African Colonization."
VII ------- Suffitt,[39] 426-448, $40. "Animal Magnetism."
VIII Walsh, 448-480. "Siam and Cochin-China."
IX [Author not indicated], 480-507, $40. "New Maritime Artillery."
X [Author not indicated],[40] 507-538. "Travels to Russia."

Volume V, no. 9 (March, 1829)

I Renwick, 1-41, $80. "Egyptian Architecture."
II Cooper, 41-50, $18. "Instructions to Representatives."
III Caleb Cushing,[41] 50-70, $40. "Restrepo's Colombia."
IV [Author not indicated],[42] 71-85, $25. "The Law of Libel."
V ------- Tollin,[43] 85-99, $25. "History."
VI Rawle, 99-117, $35. "Greek Revolution."
VII Bancroft, 118-143, $50. "Doctrine of Temperaments."
VIII ------- Ware,[44] 143-190, $90. "Darby's View of the United States."
IX Gilpin, 190-221, $50. "Irving's Conquest of Granada."
X Walsh, 222-258. "Memoirs of Dr. Parr."

Volume V, no. 10 (June, 1829)

I Gilpin, 259-300, $75. "Discoveries in Central Africa."
II J. W. Alexander,[45] 301-310, $16. "Milton's Letters."
III Renwick, 310-343, $60. "Astronomy of Laplace."
IV James Hall,[46] 343-358, $28. "Flint's Geography and History of the Western States."
V Cooper, 358-387, $55. "Chancery Law."
VI Henry Brevoort,[47] 388-407, $40. "Horne Tooke."
VII [Author not indicated], 408-437. "History of Pennsylvania."

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VIII Walsh, 438-473. "Female Biography."
IX R. M. Walsh,[48] 473-495. "Hosack's Life of Clinton."
X Bancroft, 495-506, $20. "Russia."

Volume VI, no. 11 (September, 1829)

I Cushing, 1-22. "Miller's Memoirs."
II Gilpin, 22-55, $100. "Memorials of Shakespeare."
III Walsh, 55-72. "Southey's Colloquies."
IV ------- Ray,[49] 73-104, $60. "Geology."
V Antony Laussat,[50] 104-116, $20. "Codification."
VI Wallenski, 116-144, $50. "Spain."
VII Renwick, 145-171, $50. "Education."
VIII William M. Meredith,[51] 172-189, $30. "Diplomacy of the United States."
IX Bancroft, 189-216, $50. "Dwight's Germany."
X [Author not indicated], 216-239. "Sketches of Naval Life."
XI Walsh, 240-262. "American Poetry."

Volume VI, no. 12 (December, 1829)[52]

I 263-283. "The Public Domain of the United States."
II 283-303. "Arabian Tales."
III 303-331. "Latin Studies."
IV 331-360. "Encyclopaedias."
V 360-378. "Stewart's Philosophy."
VI 378-408. "Pitkin's History of the United States."
VII 408-437. "The Steam Engine."
VIII 438-455. "The Life of Arthur Lee."
IX 455-467. "The Republic of San Marino."
X 467-494. "Lafayette in America."
XI 494-524. "Jefferson's Posthumous Works."

Volume VII, no. 13 (March, 1830)

I James R. Eckard,[53] 1-23, $30. "The Loves of the Poets."
II Bancroft, 24-64, $60. "Russia and Turkey."
III Alexander, 64-92, $40. "Mohammedan History."

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IV Henry Schenck Tanner,[54] 92-111, $25. "Texas."
V Hopkinson, 111-136, $45. "Supreme Court of the United States."
VI Walsh, 136-162. "The Burmese Empire."
VII Paulding,[55] 162-188, $45. "Anti-Masonry."
VIII Gilpin, 188-213, $40. "Canada."
IX La Roche, 213-240, $40. "Music and Musicians of Europe."
X Walsh, 241-254. "The Life of Summerfield."

Volume VII, no. 14 (June, 1830)

I Renwick, 255-279, $45. "Astronomy of Laplace."
II La Roche, 280-305, $40. "Corneille."
III Lorenzo Da Ponte,[56] 305-337, $48. "Italian Comedy."
IV Gilpin, 337-361, $35. "Wheaton's Travels in England."
V ------- Keating,[57] 361-409, $55. "Geology."
VI Paulding, 409-436, $45. "John Paul Jones."
VII Bancroft, 436-449, $40. "Taylor's German Poetry."
VIII Walsh,[58] 450-475. "Mexico."
IX [Author not indicated], 475-513. "Cuba."

Volume VIII, no. 15 (September, 1830)

I Alexander, 1-32, $50. "The Gulistan of Sadi."
II Charles J. Ingersoll,[59] 32-71, $50. "Napoleon and Bourienne."
III Alexander, 72-93, $30. "Anthon's Horace."
IV James McHenry,[60] 93-108, $25. "Falkland and Paul Clifford."
V Keating, 108-134, $40. "Tanner's Indian Narrative."

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VI Paulding, 134-161, $45. "Dramatic Literature."
VII [Author not indicated], 161-175. "British Debate concerning Mexico."
VIII Hopkinson, 175-197, $40. "Sunday Mails."
IX [Author not indicated], 197-226. "Life of Sir Thomas Munro."
X ------- Candler,[61] 227-248, $30. "Fanatical Guides."

Volume VIII, no. 16 (December, 1830)

I Francis Markoe, Jr.,[62] 249-281, $50. "Buenos Ayres and the Pampas."
II Renwick, 282-311, $45. "Internal Improvement."
III McHenry, 312-337, $40. "Brown's Novels."
IV Gilpin, 338-359, $25. "Watson's Annals of Philadelphia."
V [Author not indicated], 360-380. "Wilson, the Ornithologist."
VI Dunglison, 380-409, $45. "Longevity."
VII Walsh [?],[63] 409-421. "Don Juan Van Halen."
VIII Albert Gallatin,[64] 422-441. "Mirabeau."
IX [Author not indicated],[65] 441-528. "Banks and Currency."

Volume IX, no. 17 (March, 1831)

I Walsh, 1-33. "Lady Morgan's France in 1829-30."
II Bancroft, 33-51, $36. "Ennui."
III Gilpin, 52-81, $40. "Dobell's Travels in China and Siberia."
IV Renwick, 82-115, $60. "Physical Geography."
V [Author not indicated], 116-136, $30. "Auto-Biography of Thieves."
VI Markoe, 136-163, $40. "Tobacco."
VII Gilpin, 163-186, $32. "Irving's Spanish Voyages of Discovery."
VIII Hopkinson, 186-232, $50. "Martin's History of Louisiana."
IX [Author not indicated], 233-246. "Halsted on Dyspepsia."
X Ticknor, 246-282, $70. "Bank of the United States."

Volume IX, no. 18 (June, 1831)

I Dunglison, 283-314, $60. "College - Instruction and Discipline."
II Walsh, 314-338. "Croley's George the Fourth."
III Bedell,[66] 339-351, $18. "Hieroglyphic System."

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IV Renwick, 352-385, $50. "Iron."
V McHenry, 385-398, $20. "The Siamese Twins."
VI Paulding,[67] 398-419, $35. "Europe and America."
VII [Author not indicated],[68] 420-457. "Webster's Speeches."
VIII Bancroft, 457-482, $50. "Poland."
IX [Author not indicated],[69] 483-511, $42. "History of Maryland."
X Gilpin, 512-533, $30. "Peale's Notes on Italy."

Volume X, no. 19 (September, 1831)

I Markoe, 1-28, $42. "Dr. Francia, Dictator of Paraguay."
II [Author not indicated], 29-47. "Criminal Jurisprudence of Ohio."
III Paulding, 48-68, $35. "Parliamentary Reform."
IV Candler, 68-93, $36. "Society Tracts."
V Alexander, 93-126, $48. "The Missionary Question."
VI Markoe, 126-156, $38. "Brazil."
VII Bayard, 156-194. "French Spoliations, Prior to 1800."
VIII Bancroft, 194-210, $30. "German Poetry."
IX Gilpin, 210-230, $30. "Life and Correspondence of Sir Thomas Lawrence."
X -------Reed,[70] 230-243, $24. "History of Cuba."

Volume X, no. 20 (December, 1831)

I Candler, 245-258, $20. "Ornithological Biography."
II R. Walsh, Jr.,[71] 258-291. "Memoirs of the Dutchess of Abrantes."
III Theophilus Parsons, Jr.,[72] 291-311, $30. "Cousin's Philosophy."
IV Gilpin, 311-334, $30. "Wheaton's History of the Northmen."
V Dr. Charles D. Meigs,[73] 334-355, $30. "Cholera."
VI Markoe, 356-385, $40. "Tod's India."
VII Duponceau, 385-416. "Silk."
VIII Read, 417-443, $50. "Diplomatic Correspondence of the Revolution."

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IX ------- Johnson,[74] 444-474. "Free Trade and the Tariff."
X Walsh, 475-505. "Griffin's Remains."

Volume XI, no. 21 (March, 1832)

I Hopkinson, 1-30, $50. "Cherokee Case."
II La Roche, 30-66. "The French Opera."
III Renwick, 66-102, $60. "Gold Districts."
IV Charles Follen,[75] 103-120, $25. "Constant on Religion."
V ------- Ward,[76] 120-153, $50. "Renwick's Mechanics."
VI McHenry, 154-174, $30. "American Lake Poetry."
VII Walsh, 175-212. "Memoirs of the Dutchess of Abrantes."
VIII Markoe, 212-245, $48. "Central America."
IX ------- Blunt,[77] 245-264, $40. "The Bank Question."

Volume XI, no. 22 (June, 1832)

I J. Hall, 265-284, $35. "The Public Domain."
II Charles Caldwell,[78] 284-309, $35. "Flint's Mississippi Valley."
III Walsh, 309-345. "Lord Dover's Frederic the Second."
IV Thomas R. Dew,[79] 345-391. "The Tariff Question."
V Alexander, 391-411, $30. "Oxford Prize Essays."
VI Renwick, 412-449, $55. "Bouchette's British North America."
VII Wharton, 449-472, $35. "Life of Gouverneur Morris."
VIII Ward, 473-494. "Doctrine of Probabilities."
IX ------- Clay,[80] 495-504. "West Point Academy."

Volume XII, no. 23 (September, 1832)

I Candler, 1-24, $32. "Travels of Tyerman and Bennet."
II Robert Hare,[81] 24-56, $48. "Chenevix on National Character."

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III Joseph Emerson,[82] 57-87, $40. "Mysteries and Masonry."
IV Wharton, 87-109, $30. "Beechey's Voyage to the Pacific."
V ------- Simmes,[83] 109-133, $35. "Mrs. Trollope and the Americans."
VI ------- Minot,[84] 133-153, $30. "Mackintosh on Ethical Philosophy."
VII ------- Elwyn,[85] 153-189. "The British Revolution of 1688."
VIII Dew, 189-265. "Abolition of Negro Slavery."

Volume XII, no. 24 (December, 1832)

I Wharton, 267-299, $45. "Eminent British Lawyers."
II Syd. Fisher,[86] 299-315, $20. "Results of Machinery."
III Walsh, 315-354. "Travels of a German Prince."
IV Ward, 354-379, $48. "Locke."
V ------- Harmon [?],[87] 379-426. "Slavery Question in Virginia."
VI Bancroft, 426-441, $30. "Early Colonial History."
VII ------- Lawrence,[88] 442-457. "Italian Republics of the Middle Ages."
VIII Paulding, 457-485, $42. "Two Years and a Half in the Navy."
IX William Wood Gerhard[89] & Walsh, 486-509, $20. "Sarrans' Memoirs of Lafayette."
X Hopkinson, 509-531, $35. "Dunlap's American Theatre."

Volume XIII, no. 25 (March, 1833)

I Wharton, 1-30, $40. "Life of Commodore Barney."
II Samuel Hood,[90] 30-60, $45. "Revised Code of Pennsylvania."
III [Author not indicated], 60-93. "Life of Schiller."

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IV ------- Walker,[91] 94-126, $45. "View of Ohio."
V ------- Lampar,[92] 127-143, $24. "Memoirs of the Dutchess of St. Leu."
VI Renwick, 143-167, $35. "The Girard College."
VII Candler, 167-187, $30. "New Zealand and Tristan d'Acunha."
VIII [Author not indicated], 187-224. "Hampden and his Times."
IX Thomas A. Budd,[93] 224-260, $45. "Nullification."

Volume XIII, no. 26 (June, 1833)

I Wharton, 261-298, $50. "Froissart and his Times."
II [Author not indicated], 298-313. "Army of the United States."
III Candler, 314-336, $30. "Morrell's Voyages."
IV Renwick, 337-375, $50. "Fortification and Sieges."
V Patterson, 375-403, $40. "Dunglison's Physiology."
VI Elwyn, 403-436. "Life of Sir Humphrey Davy."
VII [Author not indicated], 436-469. "Negro Slavery."
VIII W. Fisher,[94] 469-485, $24. "Stuart's North America."
IX Budd, 485-524, $50. "The Rise and Progress of the English Commonwealth."

Notes

[1]

I wish to thank the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for permission to use this account book. I wish also to thank the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin for financial assistance for this study. Through a study of the relevant correspondence Sister M. Frederick Lochemes corroborates the author identifications of twenty-seven of the reviews which fall within the period when Carey and Lea published the American Quarterly Review. On the basis of allusions or inferences in letters she also ascribes several reviews to authors who are not acknowledged as the contributors in the account book. Despite her assiduous detective work she was unable to identify a large proportion of the articles. See her Robert Walsh: His Story (1941), pp. 140-144. Professor Frank Luther Mott says that he used a set of the American Quarterly Review which identified some of the contributors. The set, at the Cadmus Book Shop, New York City when Mott consulted it, has since been sold, with no record of its purchaser. A History of American Magazines, 1741-1850 (1938), pp. 272-278.

[2]

Walsh (1784-1858), who earlier had edited the American Review of History and Politics (1811) and the American Register (1817-1819), was known for his spirited defense of the United States in An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain (1819).

[3]

Renwick (1792-1863), a man of wide interests, was professor of natural and experimental philosophy at Columbia College, 1820-1853.

[4]

Beasley (1777-1845) was professor of moral philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, 1813-1828.

[5]

Godman (1794-1830), who lectured on anatomy in Philadelphia from 1822 to 1824, was professor of anatomy at Rutgers College from 1826 until he resigned because of ill health a year later.

[6]

Hopkinson (1770-1842), known as the author of "Hail, Columbia," was judge of the United States District Court at Philadelphia from 1828 until his death.

[7]

Pitkin (1765-1847) was working at this time on The Political and Civil History of the United States, from 1763 to the Close of Washington's Administration (1828).

[8]

Bancroft (1800-1891), one of the proprietors of the Round Hill School, Northampton, Massachusetts, is known for his History of the United States (1834-1874). His payment for this article is not at the usual rate of $2 per page because the review contained 5⅓ pages of direct quotations which Carey and Lea did not include in the computation.

[9]

Duponceau (1760-1844) was a lawyer and philologist who was particularly interested in the languages of American Indians.

[10]

Paulding (1778-1860), author and Navy official, published The New Mirror for Travellers, and a Guide to the Springs (1828), a study of watering places in New York.

[11]

Patterson (1787-1868) was professor of natural philosophy at the University of Virginia and later director of the United States Mint at Philadelphia.

[12]

Rawle (1789-1858) was reporter of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1814 to 1836.

[13]

Lochemes (p. 141) ascribes this review to George Tucker (1775-1861), a professor at the University of Virginia. However, it might possibly have been written by Beverly Tucker (1784-1851), a professor of law at William and Mary College who wrote The Partisan Leader (1836) defending the states' rights position.

[14]

Snowden was editor of the Philadelphia Monthly Magazine. Lochemes (p. 141) attributes this review to William W. Snowden.

[15]

La Roche (1795-1872), a physician by profession, was interested in music, in consequence of which he collected a large, valuable library of music scores and criticism.

[16]

Wharton (1791-1856) was a scholarly Philadelphia lawyer who specialized in real estate law.

[17]

Sanderson (1785-1844), a contributor to the Port Folio, wrote The Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence (1820) and Skecthes of Paris (1838). Lochemes (p. 143) states that Peter S. Duponceau was the reviewer, but the account books do not list him as a contributor to this issue.

[18]

Vethake (1792-1866), who published Principles of Political Economy (1838), was provost of the University of Pennsylvania from 1852 to 1859.

[19]

Probably Theron Metcalf (1784-1875), who compiled a digest of the decisions of the Massachusetts Supreme Court.

[20]

Murat (1801-1847), who immigrated to Florida in 1822 and spent the rest of his life there, wrote about the United States government in Esquisse morale et politique des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique du Nord (1832) and Exposition des principes du gouvernement républicain, tel qu'il a été perfectionné en Amérique (1833).

[21]

According to Lochemes (p. 143), President John Quincy Adams was the reviewer. If Adams wrote the review, he is not mentioned in the account book either as contributor or recipient of payment. Perhaps because of Adams' position his contribution was handled differently.

[22]

Cooper (1759-1840), a student of law, chemistry, and medicine, translated the Institutes of Justinian in 1812, while he was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania. A review of a Homeric study hardly seems beyond the reach of his vast erudition.

[23]

Read (1769-1854), a lawyer and Pennsylvania legislator, was president of the Philadelphia Bank from 1819 to 1841. Lochemes (p. 141) calls Joel R. Poinsett the author of this review.

[24]

Not identified.

[25]

Dunglison (1798-1869), a professor of physiology and pathology at the University of Virginia, wrote Human Physiology, which was reviewed by Robert Patterson in the American Quarterly Review, XIII, 375-403 (June, 1833).

[26]

Ticknor (1791-1871) was professor of French and Spanish at Harvard College from 1817 to 1835.

[27]

Lieber (1798-1872), a German refugee who taught gymnastics upon his arrival in America in 1827, was later professor of history and political economy at South Carolina College from 1835 to 1860.

[28]

This review is credited to a Dr. Bode by Lochemes (p. 143), but the account book lists Paulding as author. The entry for this issue sets down together the two reviews by Renwick and the two by Walsh in the appropriate order of the first article, with an indication that the other article has the same author. In this sequence, with omissions for articles VIII and X, Paulding's review of thirty pages fits into its proper place. Dr. Bode is mentioned nowhere in the American Quarterly Review accounts.

[29]

Wayland (1796-1865), who studied medicine and later entered the ministry, became president of Brown University in 1827.

[30]

Rantoul (1805-1852), at this time a recent graduate of Harvard, later represented Massachusetts in Congress.

[31]

Mitchell (1798-1858) was a poet and physician who from 1841 till his death was a professor at the Jefferson Medical College.

[32]

James (1766-1835), editor of the Eclectic Repository from 1811 to 1822, was professor of midwifery at the University of Pennsylvania from 1810 to 1834.

[33]

Wheaton (1785-1851), chargé d'affaires to Denmark from 1827 to 1835, published History of the Northmen in 1831.

[34]

Lea (1792-1866), associated with Mathew Carey in the publishing business, was interested in geology and natural history.

[35]

The name is partially illegible but probably Gilpin (1801-1860), at this time editor of The Atlantic Souvenir (also a Carey and Lea venture), who served as Van Buren's Attorney-General in 1840-1841.

[36]

Pickering (1772-1846) was a Boston philologist particularly interested in Greek and the American Indian languages.

[37]

Bedell (1798-1834) was rector of St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, from 1823 to 1834.

[38]

Bayard (1767-1840) was interested in legal and religious matters.

[39]

Not identified.

[40]

In the account book this unpaid review is referred to as "Russia." On several occasions this pattern of reference is used. Probably the article was prepared by Walsh or one of his editorial assistants.

[41]

Cushing (1800-1879), a lawyer from Massachusetts, served in Congress from 1835 to 1843.

[42]

In the account book this anonymous paid review is referred to as "Libel."

[43]

Not identified.

[44]

This may be Nathaniel A. Ware (d. 1854), who served as the last secretary of the Territory of Mississippi (1815-1817). Ware knew Henry C. Carey of Philadelphia and supported his ideas.

[45]

Alexander (1804-1859), who studied history at Princeton, was a professor at the College of New Jersey and later at Princeton Seminary.

[46]

Hall (1793-1868), judge and editor in Illinois, wrote numerous stories about the West.

[47]

Brevoort (1793-1848) was a cosmopolitan friend of Washington Irving.

[48]

Robert Moylan Walsh (1812-1895), son of Robert Walsh, Jr., became editor of the American Quarterly Review in 1836.

[49]

Possibly Joseph Ray (1807-1855), a teacher and mathematician.

[50]

Laussat (1806-1833), a member of the Law Academy of Philadelphia, published An Essay on Equity in Pennsylvania in 1826.

[51]

Meredith (1799-1873), a Philadelphia attorney, served in the Pennsylvania legislature from 1824 to 1828 and presided over the Select Council of Philadelphia from 1834 to 1849.

[52]

Since there is no entry for this issue in the account book, only the pages of each review are listed here.

[53]

The account book lists the contributor as "Eckhard," who is probably James Read Eckard (1805-1887), who studied law before entering the ministry in 1830.

[54]

Tanner (1786-1858) published The American Traveller; or Guide through the United States in Philadelphia in 1834, a work which went through ten editions; in 1841 he published A Geography, History and Statistical View of the Central or Middle United States.

[55]

Lochemes (p. 144) attributes this review to Walsh, while the account book credits the preceding article to him. Since all of the other essays in this issue follow the order of the list in the account book, I think it is safe to insist that article VII was written by Paulding. In addition, Walsh frequently reviewed books of travel as earlier entries indicate.

[56]

Da Ponte (1749-1838), Mozart's librettist who came to the United States in 1805, was professor of Italian literature at Columbia College.

[57]

Probably William H. Keating (1799-1840), who published Conversations on Chemistry (1824) and collaborated on Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnipeek, Lake of the Woods. (1825).

[58]

The account book lists Walsh as the author of Article VIII, while Lochemes (p. 141) states that Joel R. Poinsett wrote it. Article IX on Cuba, which is omitted entirely from the account book, might fall within Poinsett's interest in Spanish America.

[59]

Ingersoll (1782-1862), a lawyer and Representative from Pennsylvania, was a staunch defender of the United States in Inchiquin, the Jesuit's Letters (1810).

[60]

McHenry (1785-1845), a Philadelphia poet, playwright, and physician, published the short-lived American Monthly Magazine in 1824.

[61]

Not identified.

[62]

Markoe, an attorney in Philadelphia, later became the corresponding secretary of the National Institution.

[63]

Walsh is credited with thirty-two pages of contributions, so probably he is also the author of article V.

[64]

Gallatin (1761-1849), long active in public life, was United States Minister to France from 1816 to 1823.

[65]

All reference to this review is omitted from the account book. Lochemes (p. 143) attributes it to Albert Gallatin, although he is credited in the account book with only twenty pages for which he received no payment.

[66]

This review Lochemes (p. 142) ascribes to Renwick, probably on the basis of his earlier articles on hieroglyphics. However, the account book credits Bedell with twelve pages. Renwick's thirty-three pages are listed second in the account book, even though his review of "Iron" is the fourth article. Articles II and III are listed in the third and fourth places in the account book.

[67]

Paulding, who is listed in sixth place in the account book with twenty-one pages, was certainly well qualified to review a study of Europe and America. This article Lochemes (p. 144) attributes to Walsh.

[68]

The account book enters this review covering thirty-seven pages with no payment for it as "Webster." Lochemes (p. 141) suggests that it was written by George Ticknor.

[69]

The account book labels this item "View."

[70]

Possibly Henry Reed (1808-1854), professor of literature and moral philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania from 1831 to 1854.

[71]

This signature was used at times by the editor, Robert Walsh.

[72]

Parsons (1797-1882), editor of the United States Literary Gazette from 1824 to 1826, was later a professor at the Harvard Law School.

[73]

Meigs (1792-1869) was a prominent Philadelphia physician and a professor in the Jefferson Medical College.

[74]

Lochemes (p. 141) attributes this review to Senator Josiah Johnson (1784-1833), but I think that Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876), a Baltimore constitutional lawyer and later United States Senator from Maryland, is just as feasible.

[75]

Follen (1796-1840) taught German, philosophy, and theology at Harvard College from 1825 to 1835.

[76]

Probably Capt. James Harman Ward (1806-1861), who published numerous scholarly works on scientific subjects.

[77]

Probably Joseph Blunt (1792-1860), who published The Shipmaster's Assistant, and Commercial Digest: Containing Information Useful to Merchants, Owners, and Masters of Ships (1837). Lochemes (p. 143) credits George Bancroft with writing this article.

[78]

Caldwell (1772-1853), a resident of the West from 1819 until his death, was head of the medical department of Transylvania University.

[79]

Dew (1802-1846) was professor of moral science at William and Mary College. Lochemes (p. 141) attributes this article to Senator Josiah Johnson, but he is not in the list in the account book.

[80]

This may be Henry Clay (1777-1852), who occasionally contributed to magazines during his busy political career.

[81]

Hare (1781-1858) was professor of chemistry at the medical college of the University of Pennsylvania.

[82]

Emerson (1777-1833), a clergyman, educator, and Mason, had written in 1828 Letter to the Members of the Genesee Consociation protesting the anti-Masonic resolution of that group.

[83]

This may be a misspelling of William Gilmore Simms (1806-1878), Southern historical novelist.

[84]

Not identified.

[85]

Probably Alfred Langdon Elwyn (1804-1884), a wealthy graduate of Harvard who took his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1831. Elwyn collected a valuable library of source materials on United States history.

[86]

Sydney G. Fisher (1809-1871) was a Philadelphia lawyer interested in political and social problems. Lochemes (p 143) states that Salmon P. Chase reviewed the book, but "Syd. Fisher" is the author listed in the account book.

[87]

Not identified.

[88]

Probably William Beach Lawrence (1800-1882), a well-known New York lawyer. Lochemes (p. 142) ascribes this review to George Bancroft, but the account book clearly indicates that Bancroft wrote article VI and Lawrence article VII.

[89]

Gerhard (1809-1872) was a Philadelphia physician who studied in Paris.

[90]

Hood (1780?-1875) wrote Practical Treatise on Law relating to Registers, Registers' Courts, Orphans' Courts, Auditors, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, and Trustees in Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, 1847).

[91]

Probably Timothy Walker (1802-1856), who left Massachusetts for Cincinnati in 1830, organized a law school there in 1833, and was prominent in Ohio legal circles thereafter.

[92]

Not identified.

[93]

Budd was a Philadelphia attorney.

[94]

Probably William Logan Fisher (1781-1862), a Philadelphia writer.