But if fortune frown,
And cast thee down,
Thou mayest lie and rot.
NEW-YORK:
LEAVITT, LORD & CO. 180 BROADWAY.
BOSTON:—CROCKER & BREWSTER.
1836.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, by Leavitt, Lord & Co.,
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six,
in the Clerk's office of the southern district of New-York.
West & Trow, Prs.
TO
ALL DOATING PARENTS,
WHO IMAGINE THAT
WISDOM WILL DIE WITH THEIR OWN CHILDREN,
THIS LITTLE RECORD OF THE
LIFE AND MISFORTUNES OF A GENIUS,
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,
BY THEIR FRIEND AND WELL WISHER,
THE AUTHOR.