Volume 3: The Literary Magazine and Other Writings, 1803-1807
Edited by Robert Battistini, Michael Cody, and Karen Weyler

      "Meanwhile, I deem it reasonable to explain the motives of the present publication, and must rely for credit on the good nature of my readers. The project is not a mercenary one. Nobody relies for subsistence on its success, nor does the editor put anything but his reputation at stake. At the same time, he cannot but be desirous of an ample
subscription. . . .
      As to domestic publications, besides extracting from them any thing serviceable to the public, he will give a critical account of them, and in this respect, make his work an American Review, in which the history of our native literature shall be carefully detailed.
      He will pay particular attention to the history of passing events. He will carefully compile the news, foreign and domestic, of the current month, and give, in a concise and systematic order, that intelligence which the common newspapers communicate in a vague and indiscriminate way. His work shall likewise be a repository of all those signal incidents in private life, which mark the character of the age, and excite the liveliest curiosity. . . .
      He will conclude by reminding the public that there is not, at present, any other monthly publication in America; and that a plan of this kind, if well conducted, cannot fail of being highly conducive to amusement and instruction"

from Brown's "The Editors Address to the Public" (1803)

• 1803-10030 "Criticism. A View of South Carolina, as respects her natural and civic concerns... by John Drayton. Charleston, W.P. Young, 1802, 8vo. Boards. pp. 255," Literary Magazine, I.1 (Oct.1, 1803), 30-38.
• 1804-06180 "On Plagiarism," Literary Magazine, II.9 (June 1804), 180-82.
• 1804-08344 "Notices of American Writers and Publications," Literary Magazine, II.11 (Aug., 1804), 344-56.
• 1804-11583 "Distinction between Poetry and Prose," Literary Magazine, II.14 (Nov. 1804).
• 1805-03208b "Marvelous Stories," Literary Magazine, III. 18 (March 1805), 208-10.
• 1805-04281 "Shakespeare's Similes," Literary Magazine, III. 19 (April 1805), 281-84.
• 1805-04288 "Terrific Novels," Literary Magazine, III. 19 (April 1805), 288-89.
• 1805-04318 "American Literary Intelligence," Literary Magazine, III. 19 (April 1805), 318-20.
• 1805-05333 "Alliance between Poverty and Genius," Literary Magazine, III. 20 (May 1805), 333.
• 1805-05333 "Somnambulism: a Fragment," Literary Magazine, III.20 (May 1805).
• 1805-05375 "Literary News from England," Literary Magazine, III. 20 (May 1805), 375-77.
• 1805-06419 "On Persian Poetry and Hafiz," Literary Magazine, III.21 (June 1805).
• 1805-07017 "On Story-Telling," Literary Magazine, IV. 22 (July 1805), 17-19.
• 1805-07031 "Translations," Literary Magazine, IV. 22 (July, 1805), 31-32.
• 1805-09185 "Classical Learning no Anti-Christian Tendency," Literary Magazine, IV. 24 (Sept. 1805), 185-91.
• 1805-09207 "Sketches of Some Recent Novels," Literary Magazine, IV.24 (Sept. 1805), 207-8.
• 1805-10309 "Recent European Intelligence, Literary and Philosophical," Literary Magazine, IV. 25 (Oct. 1805), 309-17.
• 1805-11392 "The Romance of Real Life," Literary Magazine, IV.26 (Nov. 1805).
• 1806-01036 "On Anecdotes," Literary Magazine, V. 28 (Jan. 1806), 36-38.
• 1806-01045 "On Literary Biography," Literary Magazine, V.28 (Jan. 1806
• 1806-02113b "Historical Characters are False Representations of Nature," Literary Magazine, V. 29. (Feb. 1806), 113-17.
• 1806-03163 "Remarks on Reading," Literary Magazine, V. 30 (March 1806), 163-68.
• 1806-10262 "Remarks on Mysteries," Literary Magazine, VI. 37 (Oct. 1806), 262-63.
• 1806-12431 "Modes of Historical Writing." Literary Magazine, VI.39. (Dec. 1806).
• 1807-07042 "Literary, Philosophical, Commercial, and Agricultural Intelligence," Literary Magazine, VIII. 46 (July 1807), 42-47.