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Published by Sherwin Cody, these small volumes from the Nutshell Library bring together the key works of some of literature's most notable authors. These collections served as supplements to The Sherwin Cody 100% Self-Correcting Course in English. The six volumes here include An Evening with Burns, An Evening with Tennyson, An Evening with Lincoln, An Evening with Scott, An Evening with Shakspere (note the use of the variant spelling), and An Evening with Dickens. They range in condition from Poor to Fair, resulting entirely from the damage to the covers. The texts inside remain clear and entirely readable. The cover for the Evening of Dickens has come off entirely, but front and back covers are still attached and the pages themselves remain bound together securely. The front cover of An Evening with Shakspere has torn off, but is still present. The cover of An Evening with Lincoln has separated from the quires at the spine, but is still attached. All volumes show some degree of damage to the… Read More

This volume is a collection and study of seven poems written in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick between 1779 and 1814. Each are narrative satires. The poems included are: Character of a Trimmer (1779) by Jacob Bailey; "On Renaming Port Roseway after Lord Shelburne" (1783) by Jacob Bailey; "The Adventures of Jack Ramble, the Methodist Preacher (c. 1787-1795) buy Jack Bailey; "Creon" (1802) by Samuel Denny Street; "The Inquisition" (1805) by Alexander Croke; The Agonizing Dilemma" (1812) by Jonathan Odell; "The Times. A Squabble" (1814) by an anonymous author. Each poem is introduced with a biography of the author and background of the historical context for the subject of the poem.
This copy is in good condition. There is some wear to the cover, and some creasing. The spine is broken in one area, which has caused one page to come loose, but the rest of the pages are still tightly attached to the binding.