THE

PROSE WRITERS

OF

AMERICA.

WITH

A SURVEY OF THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY, CONDITION, AND PROSPECTS OF

THE COUNTRY.

BY RUFUS WILMOT GRISWOLD.

ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS FROM ORIGINAL PIOTUBE.

Fourth Edition-Rebised.

PHILADELPHIA:
PARRY & MCMILLAN,
SUCCESSORS TO A. HART, LATE CAREY & HART.

MAIN LIB.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1846, by CAREY & Hart, in the Office of the

Clerk of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

STEREOTYPED BY L JOHNSON & co.

T. K. & P. G. COLLINS, PRINTERS.

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G 871

1856

TO

HORACE BINNEY WALLACE,

OF PEILADELPHIA,

THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.

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