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ton," vol. 5 (1907), p. 274, ostensibly as an unpublished poem 

 of Drake, notwithstanding its earlier appearance in print so 

 many years before. The original manuscript of the poem 

 was formerly in the collection of the late John D. Crimmins, 

 of New York City. At the time of its sale, on April 8, 1907, 

 some critics had questioned its authenticity as a Drake item. 



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

 man Drake. / New- York : / Van Norden and King, 45 Wall 

 Street. / 1847. 



8°; portrait frontispiece of Drake, same plate as in 1835 

 edition; half-title, verso blank; printed title, with copyright 

 of 1847 by George C. De Kay on verso; engraved title, with 

 date 1847. verso blank; " Index," with verso blank; dedication 

 to Halleck by Drake's daughter, verso blank; text, pp. [9] — 

 92. Page [48] is blank. Black cloth, blind stamped borders 

 and gilt urn on both covers. De Kay was the poet's son-in- 

 law, who had married Janet Halleck Drake, the poet's only 

 child. The copy owned by the Bronx Society has a presenta- 

 tion inscription, thus : " For C. J. Stille from the Author's 

 grandchild. New York — 1855." Charles Janeway Stille was. 

 from 1868-1880, the eminent provost of the University of 

 Pennsylvania. The New York Public Library has a copy with 

 "Mrs. F. F. Bryant, August, 1847" on a flyleaf, from the 

 "William Cullen Bryant collection. 



The / Culprit Fay. / By / Joseph Rodman Drake. / New 

 York: / Rudd & Carleton, 130 Grand Street, / (Brooks Build- 

 ing, cor. of Broadway.) / MDCCCLIX. 



12 ; half-title, verso blank; frontispiece of the Fay, with 

 recto blank; title-page, with copyright of 1859, and imprint 

 of R. Craighead, on verso; "Advertisement," with verso 

 blank; quotation from Tennant, with verso blank; half-title 

 to "Poem," with verso blank: text, pp. [13] — 62; blank leaf; 

 " Catalogue of the Publications of Rudd & Carleton," con- 

 sising of title, with two children on verso, and pp 1-5; verso 



