THE

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PHILADELPHIA BOOK;

OR

SPECIMENS

OF

METROPOLITAN LITERATURE.

Philadelphia : T. K. & P. G. Collins, Printers,

No. 1, Lodge Alley.

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PAGE.
Philadelphia in 1732.-Peter S. Duponceau,

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Reflections in Solitude.-Samuel Ewing,

18
Jack and Gill, a Mock Criticism.- Joseph Dennie,

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The Indian Student.-Philip Frencau,

30
Specimen of a Collegiate Examination.-Francis Hopkinson,

33
Parodies on Romeo's Description of an Apothecary.-Samuel Ewing,

37
Death of Anacreon.-Anonymous,

39
Mary will smile.-William Cliffton,

45
An Adventure; from Inchiquin's Letters.-C. J. Ingersoll,

47
Elegy on Thomas Godfrey.-Nathaniel Evans,

53
The Adventure of a Somnambulist.-C. B. Brown,

56
Hunting Song - Robert Waln,

62
Character of Tilghman.-Horace Binney,

63
Borodino.-Thomas Fisher,
Madame de Stael.-Robert Walsh,
Summer, Spring, and Autumn.-Fredcrick S. Eckard,

77
The Fine Arts.-Joseph Hopkinson,

79
The Indian Summer.-James McHenry,

87
Claims of the Greeks.-Dr. Bedell,

89
The Indian Boy.-S. J. Smith,

92
The Bearer of Despatches.-James Hall,

96
Fancy.-Thomas Godfrey,

108
Retreat of the Americans from Long Island. - Alexander Graydon,

109
Reflections of a Recluse.-John E. Hall,

118
Description of a Snake Fight.-John Dickinson,

121
Music at Midnight.-George R. Ingersoll,

124
Claims of the Dramatic Profession.--Matthew Carey,

127
English Newspapers.-Richard Rush,

133
Childhood.-W. H. Furness,

140
Education.-John Sergeant,

142
Saul's Last Day.-Dr. R. M. Bird,

147
The True American Statesman.-Nicholas Biddle,

151
The Dead Soldier.-Henry D. Bird,

159
Prediction. - Richard Penn Smith,

162
Suffolk's Soliloquy:-D. P. Brown,

183
Misrepresentations of America.-J. W. Williams,

185
Epistle to Gifford.-William Clifton,

193
Female Education.--Dr. Benjamin Rush,

198
Lines on seeing an old copy of Thomas More's Miscellaneous Latin Poems
drilled through by Worms.-J. C. Snowden,

201