REVIEW of 1825 Literary Souvenir

The Monthly Review,
Nov. 1825 (445-46)
Literary Souvenir; or, Cabinet of Poetry and Romance. Edited by Alaric A. Watts. 1825. Hurst, Robinson, and Co

 

This brilliant literary bouquet contains upwards of 80 original Tales and Poems from the pens of Southey Millman, Coleridge, Campbell, Hemans, Montgomery, Wiffen, Hogg, Galt, Allan Cunningham, Clare, Barton, Bowring . . . The Prose Tales and Sketches are fourteen in number.
 
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[prints Watts' poetic contributions: "My Own Fire-Side" & "The Bachelor's Dilemma" in entirety.]