ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes to make some remarks on the present state of literature in the United States, its recent progress, and the most effectual means of furthering its future advancement. The novels of Charles Brockden Brown appeared at the same period, and in some of the qualifications of this department of literature, he has never been surpassed by those who have succeeded him, if he has been equalled. These praiseworthy efforts were well seconded by the public approbation; and from that period to the present, literature has been steadily and rapidly advancing in the United States. On the subject of jurisprudence, Mr. Livingston's Principles of Penal Law and of Codification, are equally honorable to the literature of the country and the profession to which he belongs. A disposition to encourage domestic literature must also have a good effect. The votary of literature in country has indeed much to stimulate his efforts.
