THE BOSTON BOOK. BEING SPECIMENS OF METROPOLITAN LITERATURE. BOSTON: MDCCCL.. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by TICKNOR, REED, AND FIELDS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. BOSTON: THURSTON, TORRY AND COMPANY, PREFACE. THE first volume of the Boston Book, edited by Mr. Henry T. Tuckerman, was published in 1836; the second, edited by Mr. Benjamin B. Thatcher, appeared in 1837; and the third and last, edited by Mr. George S. Hillard, was published in 1841. A new volume having been very generally called for, and as some years have elapsed since the last one was issued, a continuation of the series is deemed desirable. Several of the articles here published are now printed for the first time, their authors kindly furnishing original contributions, both in prose and verse. The productions of many well known writers, whose names would greatly enhance the value of any publication, the limits and design of this volume compel the Editor reluctantly to omit. At some future time, he trusts, a more extended work may allow greater justice to all our Boston authors. NOVEMBER, 1849. 248935 |