Contents: The sylphs of the seasons, a poet’s dream, p. 11-43.—The two painters, a tale, p. 45-86.—Eccentricity, p. 87-113.—The paint-king, p. 115-129.—Myrtilla, p. 131-141.—To a lady, who spoke slightingly of poets, p. 143-147.—Sonnets, p. 149-154.—The mad lover at the grave of his mistress, p. 155-158.—First love, a ballad, p. 159-161.—The complaint, p. 162-164.—Will, the maniac, a ballad, p. 165-168.
—— Lectures on art, and poems, by Washington Allston. Edited by Richard Henry Dana, Jr. New York: Baker and Scribner, 1850. xi, 380 p. 8º.
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In addition to the poems mentioned in the previous entry, includes America to Great Britain. This poem, written in 1810, was inserted by Coleridge in the first edition of his Sibylline leaves, London, 1817, p. 276-278, with the following note: “This poem, written by an American gentleman, a valued and dear friend, I communicate to the reader for its moral, no less than its poetic spirit.”
Alsop, George, b. 1638. A character of the province of Maryland, wherein is described in four distinct parts, (viz.) i. The [a]situation], and plenty of the province. ii. The laws, customs, and natural demeanor of the inhabitant. iii. The worst and best usage of a Maryland servant, opened in view. iv. The traffique, and vendable commodities of the countrey. Also a small treatise on the wild and naked Indians (or Susquehanokes) of Mary-Land, their customs, manners, absurdities, & religion. Together with a collection of historical letters. By George Alsop. London, Printed by T. J. for Peter Dring, at the sign of the Sun in the Poultrey: 1666. 10 p.l., 118 p., 2 l., 1 port. (8º.)
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1 facsimile portrait inserted.
Poems on the following pages: p.l. 6-7; p. 26, 44-45, 55, 75-80, 82-83, 103-104, 108-111.
—— —— A new edition with an introduction and copious historical notes. By John Gilmary Shea.... New York: William Gowans, 1869. 125 p., 1 map, 1 port. 8º. (Gowans’ Bibliotheca Americana, no. 5.)
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