We might add to the above, other extracts from about twenty English and American Reviewers, in which the poems contained in this little volume have been taken notice of with much commendation; but we hope the work may meet a favorable reception without such extraneous assistance.
In the present edition of Tractoration several new subjects are introduced and thrown into the crucible of Dr Caustic. Among these are Phrenology, Abolition, Amalgamation, Temperance, Reformation, &c. &c. These parts were written expressly for this edition of Tractoration, were intended to “shoot folly as it flies,” and adapt the strictures of satire to the topics of the times.
THOMAS GREEN FESSENDEN.
Boston, March 25, 1836.
[CONTENTS.]
| Page. | |
|---|---|
| Terrible Tractoration. | |
| Canto 1.—Ourself. | [1] |
| Canto 2.—Conjurations. | [79] |
| Canto 3.—Manifesto. | [111] |
| Canto 4.—Grand Attack. | [149] |
| Additional Notes. | [185] |
| An Ode. | [193] |
| The Morning. | [197] |
| An Ode. | [199] |
| On the Death of Washington. | [201] |
| Directions for Doing Poetry. | [203] |
| Horace Surpassed. | [207] |
| Song. | [210] |
| Tabitha Towzer. | [212] |
| The Splendors of the Setting Sun. | [216] |
| The Sleep of the Sluggard. | [218] |
| “A Soft Answer turneth away Wrath.” | [221] |
| “Having Food and Raiment, let us therewith be Content.” | [223] |
| Harvest—Intemperance. | [225] |
| Lines Written in a Young Lady’s Album. | [227] |
| The Independent Farmer. | [229] |
| The Cultivator’s Art. | [231] |
| An Ode. | [237] |
| The Course of Culture. | [240] |
| A Song. | [243] |
| The Evils of a Mischievous Tongue. | [246] |
| Cheerfulness. | [248] |
| Eulogy on the Times. | [251] |
| The Art of Printing. | [255] |
| The Old Bachelor. | [257] |
| Caloric. | [260] |
| The Ills of Idleness. | [262] |