ABSTRACT
Brown found personal validation in editing the Monthly Magazine and American Review, in constructing masculinity in terms of civic mindedness, patriotism, and reason, and in challenging bachelor stereotypes and the cultural hegemony of married men. These concerns, reflected in the articles Brown selected, carry over into the stories he chose to publish. Why did Brown decide to include fiction in his periodical, and what cultural work 1 did this fiction perform with regard to his readers?
