Excerpt from The Atlantic Club-Book, Vol. 1 of 2: Being Sketches in Prose and Verse Truss: volumes are composed of a number of pieces from the pens of many popular native authors. They are compi led from the columns of the N nw-vonx mirror, a periodical, whose hold upon public favour will excite no wonder, when we consider the names and literary reputation of those who have laid the solid basis of its popularity. Still the present work is but an experiment, and as such is offered to the public. Should it be successful, it may be followed by another com pilation, drawn from a similar source. So numerous and so excellent were the contributions from which the compiler had to choose, that he experienced the greatest difficulty in mak ing a selection which should combine literary merit with the variety necessary to sustain a due interest throughout. If he has failed in this point, he willingly assumes the blame if the casket contain not the imagined treasure, let the cen sure be bestowed upon him, who, having the charge of im mense wealth, has doled it out parsimoniously; and let not the diamond be undervalued for want of taste in the posses sor. But, guided by the names he is proud to show to a dis cerning public, the compiler can fear no failure, since he could hardly choose amiss. Among these willbe recognised many of those who have long been prominent among American authors. Others, whose names are now for the first time made public, have contributed in no small degree to the amuse ment and instruction of American readers, under various anonymous addresses. All are native writers, with the ex ception of Miss fanny Knmsnn and Trnowa. Pownn, Esq., whose highly finished and popular productions the compiler is happy to place side by side with those of his countrymen. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.