First issue of the North American Review with signature of its editor William Tudor (1779-1830).

Founded in Boston in 1815, The North American Review (NAR) was the first literary magazine in the United States, and was published continually until 1940, when publication was suspended due to World War II. Publication subsequently resumed in 1964 at Cornell College (Iowa). Since 1968 the University of Northern Iowa (Cedar Falls) has been home to the publication. Nineteenth-century archives are freely available via Cornell University's Making of America. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (425x658, 54 KB) First issue of the North American Review with signature of its editor William Tudor of Boston, Massachusetts. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (425x658, 54 KB) First issue of the North American Review with signature of its editor William Tudor of Boston, Massachusetts. ... First issue of the North American Review with signature of its editor William Tudor. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... Cornell College is a 1,200-student Liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa. ... The Campanile, a major university landmark at the center of UNIs campus. ... Cedar Falls is a city located in Black Hawk County, Iowa. ... Cornell redirects here. ...

Until the founding of the Atlantic Monthly in 1857, the Review was the foremost publication in New England and probably the entire United States. For all its lasting impact on American literature and institutions, however, the Review had no more than 3,000 subscribers in its heyday. The Atlantic Monthly (also known as The Atlantic) is an American literary/cultural magazine that was founded in November 1857. ... The states marked in red show New England. ...

The Review's first editor, William Tudor (1779-1830), and other founders had been members of Boston's Anthology Club, and launched The North American Review to foster a genuine American culture. In its first few years it was published poetry, fiction, and miscellaneous essays on a bi-monthly schedule, but in 1818 it became a quarterly with more focused contents intent on improving society and on elevating culture. The Review promoted the improvement of public education and administration, with reforms in secondary schools, sound professional training of doctors and lawyers, rehabilitation of prisoners at the state penitentiary, and government by educated experts. First issue of the North American Review with signature of its editor William Tudor. ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... The Anthology Club was organized in 1804 in Boston, Massachusetts by the Rev. ...

Its editors and contributors included such literary and political New Englanders as John Adams, George Bancroft, Nathaniel Bowditch, William Cullen Bryant, Lewis Cass, Edward T. Channing, Caleb Cushing, Richard Henry Dana, Alexander Hill Everett, Edward Everett, Jared Sparks, George Ticknor, Gulian C. Verplanck, Daniel Webster. John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father of the United States and American politician who served as the first Vice President of the United States (1789–1797), and the second President of the United States (1797–1801). ... George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian and statesman. ... Memorial statue for Nathaniel Bowditch, in Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... William Cullen Bryant William Cullen Bryant (November 3, 1794 - June 12, 1878) was an American Romantic poet and journalist. ... Campaign poster for 12th United States Presidential campaign, 1848. ... Caleb Cushing (January 17, 1800–January 2, 1879) was an American statesman and diplomat who served as a U.S. Congressman from Massachusetts and Attorney General under President Franklin Pierce. ... Richard Henry Dana Jr. ... Alexander Hill Everett (March 19, 1792 - June 28, 1847) was a noted America diplomatist, politician, and Boston man of letters. ... Edward Everett (April 11, 1794 – January 15, 1865) was a Whig Party politician from Massachusetts. ... Jared Sparks (10 May 1789 - 14 March 1866) was a U.S. historian, educator, Unitarian minister, and president of Harvard University. ... George Ticknor (August 1, 1791 – January 26, 1871), was an American teacher and author. ... Daniel Webster (January 18, 1782 – October 25, 1852) was a leading American statesman during the nations antebellum, or Pre-Civil War, era. ...

Later editors included Charles Eliot Norton, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Adams. Although the Review did not often publish fiction, it did serialize The Ambassadors by Henry James. The brothers Charles Benjamin Norton, Frank Henry Norton, and Charles Eliot Norton, between 1853-1855. ... James Russell Lowell circa 1855. ... Henry Adams Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian, journalist and novelist. ... The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in the North American Review. ... For other uses of this name, see Henry James (disambiguation). ...

External links

• NAR home page

• Archives 1815-1900 at Cornell University's Making of America