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W. Weir, dated 1835; printed title-page dated 1835, with 

 Copyright of " October 31, 1835 " in the name of the publisher, 

 nn the verso, and below the imprint of Scatcherd and Adams; 

 dedication by Drake's daughter " To her father's friend Fitz- 

 Greene Halleck," with verso blank; "Index," with verso 

 blank; text. pp. [1] — 84. Figured blue cloth binding, with 

 gilt lyre on both covers. There is a copy in the Society's col- 

 lection. Halleck's own interesting copy, with numerous mar- 

 ginal corrections, alterations, and notes in his hand, was sold 

 on Nov. 4, 1909, at the auction of the J. Chester Chamberlain 

 collection of American first editions. This edition was also 

 issued by Dearborn as a composite with Halleck's "Alnwick 

 Castle, with other Poems." published by him in 1836. The 

 Bronx Society has a copy presented by Dr. Britton. Its bind- 

 ing is ornamental cloth with a gilt lyre on both covers and the 

 back is lettered simply DRAKE | & | HALLECK. A copy 

 in the New York Public Library is bound in dark blue morocco, 

 with the gilt lyre on both covers within a gilt panel, and with 

 the edges gilt. 



Analysis of contents : " The Culprit Fay,'' pp. [1] — 32 ; " To 

 a Friend" [Fitz Greene Halleck], pp. [7,7,] — 39; "Extracts 

 from Leon. An unfinished poem." pp. [41] — 56; "Niagara," 

 pp. 57-59; two songs, pp. 60 and 61; "Written in a lady's 

 album." p. 62: "Lines To a Lady" [Miss Eliza McCall], p. 

 63; "Lines Written on leaving New Rochelle," p. 64-65; 



"Hope," pp. 65-66; "Fragment." pp. 67-70; "To ," 



p. 71; "Lines," p. J2\ "To Eva." p. y^\ "To a Lady [Miss 

 Eliza McCall] with a withered violet," p. 74; "Bronx." pp. 

 75-/7 '• "Song." pp. 78-79: "To Sarah." pp. 79-81; "The 

 American Flag," pp. 81-8 4.. 



The ' Culprit Fay, / and / other Poems. / By Joseph Rod- 

 man Drake. / New-York : George Dearborn, Publisher. .' 

 1836. 



8°; half-title, verso blank; frontispiece portrait. «ame as 

 1835 edition; steel engraved title-page, same as 1835 edition 



