THE NEW YOжK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1843, by 1 HERMAN HOOKER, in the office of the clerk of the District Court of the United States in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. King and Baird Printers. 5, 1910-$20¢ TO THE READER. This little volume embraces specimens from the works of the most popular American Poets, and is presented as a companion to the "Gems from the American Female Poets," issued by the publisher in 1842. Its small size prevented the editor from giving selections from a considerable number of authors whose writings are not less worthy of admiration than much which the book contains. |