IN THE

PURSUITS OF LITERATURE,

CONTAINING

HISTORICAL, BIOGRAPHICAL, AND CRITICAL

REMARKS.

BY SAMUEL L. KNAPP. RL

_"Clear arguments may rise
In short succession : Yet th' historic draught
Shall occupy attention's steadfast soul."
“Here may the historic instance give effect
To moral portraits."

"Here let us breathe ; and happily institute
A course of learning and in enious studies."

NEW YORK:

CHARLES S. FRANCIS-252 BROADWAY.

BOSTON:
JOSEPH H. FRANCIS-128 WASHINGTON STREET.

1841. '}

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Entered according to the Act of Congress, January, 1832, by J. K. Porter, in the office of the Clerk of the Southern District of New-York.

GEORGE H. EVANS, PRINTER.

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MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION,

WHO,
AMIDST THE CARES AND BUSINESS

OF ACTIVE LIFE,

OR IN THE DOMESTIC CIRCLE,
ARE ENGAGED IN THE PURSUIT OF THAT KNOWLEDGE
WHICH GIVES EXPANSION TO THOUGHT;'

STRENGTH TO THE MIND,.

FIRMNESS TO PURPOSE ;
REFINEMENT TO MORALS;
AND WEIGHT TO CHARACTER ;

THIS VOLUME,
CONTAINING A FEW HINTS, BY WAY OF ADVICE,
. UPON AUTHORS AND ERAS OF LITERATURE

AND OTHER RELATIVE MATTERS,
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,
BY THEIR SINCERE FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.