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and so dated; printed title-page dated 1836, with verso as in 

 1835 edition; dedication, verso blank; "Index," verso blank; 

 text, beginning with sig. B on p. [9] and ending on p. 92. 

 This is the second edition entirely reset and with slight cor- 

 rections. The Society's copy is bound in plain dark brown 

 cloth with a gilt vase and flowers on both covers. The copy 

 in the New York Public Library is bound in dark blue floriated 

 cloth, with a gilt title on the back, and a gilt lyre on both 

 covers. " The New- York Book of Poetry," also published by 

 Dearborn, in 1837, contains some poems of Drake. It is the 

 first collection of New York verse. There is a copy in the 

 Society's collection. 



The Rococo : / containing / the Culprit Fay, / by Joseph 

 Rodman Drake; / Lillian, / by William Macworth Praed; / 

 and / The Eve of St. Agnes, /by John Keats; / (Three of 

 the most delicious poems ever written.) / With original notes 

 / by N. P. Willis. / New York : / Morris, Willis, & Co., Pub- 

 lishers, / No. 4 Ann-Street. / 1844. 



8° ; cover-title, verso blank; text, pp. [1] — 16. Back cover, 

 advertisements. In the Mirror Library, being the " New 

 Mirror Extra — No. 8." Page 16 has a valuable note by 

 Willis. The Bronx Society has it in a set of "The New 

 Mirror," the original wrappers having been wasted in binding. 

 The New York Public Library has a copy in the original 

 wrappers, stitched, as issued. 



These literary extras were issued with the periodical edited 

 by George P. Morris and N. P. Willis, entitled: "The New 

 Mirror, of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction," which 

 began on April 8, 1843, an( l ran till September 28, 1844, when 

 its form was changed. In the number for September 21, 

 1844, (vol. 3, no. 25), on p. 398, a poem by Drake was pre- 

 sented, entitled : " To the Defenders of New-Orleans," which 

 had made its first appearance in a little New Jersey paper 

 called Young Hickory. The first three verses of this poem, 

 omitting the fourth, were printed in the " Magazine of His- 



