Berkshire County Eagle, 8 August 1856

The Dublin University Magazine [January 1856] has an article upon a "Trio of American Sailor-Authors," from which we extract the opening and that portion giving a sketch of the writings of Herman Melville which we have reason to believe will be interesting to his neighbors in Pittsfield.
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P.S. Since the above article appeared in the Dublin Magazine, Mr. Melville has published "The Piazza Tales," by far the most popular of his works since "Omoo" and "Typee." The opening article entitled "The Piazza" is classed among the most beautiful pieces of the kind in the English language. Bartleby, the Scrivener, is another choice bit of writing. "The Bell Tower" is a picturesque and arabesque tale well fitted to inspire an artist, as it did one in New York who has made four striking sketches from it, which we trust will be engraved.

Mr. Melville is now in the prime of his life and in the freshness of his genius, and it is far from improbable will yet write something much better than any of the works upon which his reputation now rests.