Boston Monthly Magazine, Vol I. No. III, August, 1825

Boston, MA: Samuel L. Knapp, 1825. 14.5 x 24 cm. Brilliant little magazine, in its third issue, aimed to present American literature instead of European.""Nug� Histori�"" (Gossip of History) ""Quicquid agunt homines, votum, timor, ira, voluptas, Gaudia, discursus, nostri est farrago libelli.""--Juvenal, Sat. I. From Col. McLane's Journal, this is an interesting summary of General Washington's operations in the Revolutionary War, with Lafayette, a youth of uncommon spirit, and Baron Steuben, an experienced Prussian soldier, against Lord Cornwallis and Gen. Howe. Continued. ""The Natural Rights of Woman"" Tongue-in-cheek piece about man, since he was created 6000 years ago, has become wiser than his maker, and much wiser than woman. Written by D'Anville, ""a woman who resides near us."" ""Memoir of Stephen Hooper"" read before the Boston Debating Society by Samuel L. Knapp. Hoope was born at Newburyport April 8, 1785, called to the bar in 1811. ""A Visit to the Metropolis"" by Agricola (Farmer), Letter dated June 21st, 1825, written after the corner stone of the Bunker Hill Monument was laid. Recent fire has removed undesirable buildings to make way for new. Interview of Lafayette in the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts in the masonic halls of the old State House. Masonic ceremony to lay the corner stone. Address of Mr. Webster. A momentous event! Magazine, front cover waterstained, back cover torn near spine. Edges worn and frayed. Fair. . Catalogs: History.