Author: WESTMACOTT, C. M; Editor.
Title: The Spiritof The Public Journals for the Year M.DCC.XXIV (1824), being an impartial selection of the most Exquisite Essays, Jeux D'esprit, and Tales of Humour, Prose and Verse. With Explanatory Notes.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xx,568, [20] (advertisements); engraved frontispiece Portrait of the late Lord Byron, drawn by Wageman, engraved by Woolmoth. Emblematical Border, and Designs from his Works, drawn and etched by Hawksworth, text illustrated with 20 wood engravings (by Rowlandson, Cruikshank, Findlay, Lane etc.), contemporary quarter leather, raised bands, plain boards, title label, title lettered in gilt on spine, edges uncut, minor foxing to first few pages, new endpapers, good copy. London; Printed For Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternoster-Row.; 1825. Selection of the romantic essays of the time, offers scholars the opportunity to dip into a wide range of contemporary periodicals. Not only are the major Romantic authors represented but the collection opens up a huge body of writing including plays and poetry by lesser-known and anonymous writers of the time.

Keywords: Romantic Literature English History Poetry