Thus much for science having won,
I take my leave, my task is done.
THE END.
Transcriber’s Note: It is not known what these letters/numbers were intended to represent. There are no footnotes in this or multiple other copies of the book.
“SIR COPP:”
A Book for the Times, in Six Cantos. By Thomas Clarke, Author of “A Day in May,” “Donna Rosa,” “The Silent Village,” “Life in the West,” &c., &c.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
From the Chicago Tribune
In this work we welcome another home production. It is written in Hudibrastic verse; but the genius of the author is by no means confined to this form of composition. The object of the author is praise-worthy, and he exhibits much talent for versification. We must, injustice, commend the work for many striking and some admirable passages. “Sir Copp,” is of course, Sir Copperhead; and the venomous creature is dissected by an artist who has a true scientific enthusiasm for so fine a specimen of morbid anatomy. The invocation to the muse is especially striking, (here it is quoted in full.) Mr. Clarke is not an untried poet. He has, in fact, produced a number of poems, for which the best English critics have accorded to him a high rank amongst the first poets of our day.
From the Chicago Evening Journal