Dissertation on the subject of a Congress of Nations, 94 66 ing the Descendants of the lost tribes of Israel, Discourse on the Character of the late Chester Averill, Erato-No. 3, 94 587 193 46 Ernest Maltravers, . 584 66 Fielding, or Society-Atticus, or the Retired Statesman 16 Mr. Barnard's Discourse before the New-York Alpha of Poems, written during the progress of the Abolition Ques tion in the United States, between the years 1830 588 The Rocky Mountains; or Scenes, Incidents, and Adven- tures in the Far West, The Americans, in their Moral, Social, and Political Re- lations, 482 " POETRY.-Extracts from a Poem "On the Meditation of Nature," The Loves of the Colors, 115 Letter from Miss E. D., Boston, to Miss J. B., New-York, 173 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE. JULY, 1837. NOTORIOUS CHARACTERS, AND CHARACTERS OF NOTE. "And make them men of note!"-Shakspeare. "THE world knows nothing of its greatest men," says the author of Philip Van Artavelde. The world will be better able to appreciate the sagacity of the poet's observation after having seen our series of "Notorious Characters and Characters of Note." The world, indeed, cannot be said to know nothing of its great men, but how little does it know of its greatest men! Some of "the few, the immortal names" we shall mention, are indeed recognized as great, but not as the greatest! Is Martin Van Buren as great as John Williams? Is Mr. Senator Webster as great as Dr. Graham? Is the sublime as great as the ridiculous? Certainly not. For, if it were, then there would be more sublime than ridiculous people in the world, and every body knows the contrary to be the fact. "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." "Here follows prose," said Malvolio, when about to read this often-cited passage-and prove it is as much as our first quotation is poetry. Our series will primarily include those who were born great, and those who have achieved greatness; and, by and by, we shall add "a chosen tally of the singular few" who have had greatness thrust upon them. Let every person of both sexes, who considers himself or herself as belonging to either of the three classes, instantly subscribe to, and pay for the American Monthly-for though we shall "Nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice," yet shall we not be more complimentary to such as subscribe yet "owe us no subscription," than to those who subscribe yet "owe |