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The merry tales of the three wise men of Gotham / Edited by the author of John Bull in America.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection AC8 P2822 826m
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paulding, James Kirke, 1778-1860.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Owen, Robert, 1771-1858. New view of society.
- Owen, Robert.
- Law--Humor.
- Law.
- Phrenology--Humor.
- Phrenology.
- Genre:
- Humor.
- Penn Provenance:
- Stewart, P. (autograph)
- Physical Description:
- 324 pages ; 19 cm
- Manufacture:
- Jamaica : Sleight & Tucker, Printers.
- Place of Publication:
- New-York : G. & C. Carvill, 1826.
- Contents:
- Introductory dissertation
- The man machine; or, The pupil of "circumstances"
- Story of the second wise man of Gotham: the perfection of reason
- Story of the third wise man of Gotham: the perfection of science.
- Notes:
- By James Kirke Paulding.
- Printed paper label on spine.
- Satirizing in turn the theories of Robert Owen expressed in his "A new view of society," the legal profession, and the science of phrenology.
- Copyright Feb. 28, 1826, by G. and C. Carvill.
- With a title vignette.
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has autograph of P. Stewart, South Berwick, Maine (?)
- Culture Class Collection copy has underline and written annotations.
- Culture Class Collection copy has horizontal tear on p. 231-232.
- Culture Class Collection copy has lower portion of p. [235]-236 wanting.
- Cited in:
- Shoemaker, 25679
- BAL, 15702
- Wright, L.H. Amer. fiction, 1774-1850 (2nd ed.), 2015
- Sabin, 59207
- OCLC:
- 1268803
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