Subject: English poetry

Issue of the Charleston Courier newspaper from August 28, 1815, featuring an early mention of Lord Byron's "Hebrew Melodies." The article excerpts information from the Edinburgh Courant of May 8, 1815, provides examples from the work, and includes an advertisement for the sale of household goods, including Hebrew and English books, by a person leaving the state. Published in Charleston, South Carolina.

First American edition of Narrative Poems by Isaac D'Israeli, published by J. Conrad & Co. in Philadelphia in 1803. This edition is considered more difficult to find than the contemporaneous English printing. Isaac D'Israeli (1766-1848) was a British writer, scholar, and man of letters, known for his essays and his connections to other literary figures. He was the father of British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. This book was published the same year as the English printing.

This book is a second American edition (Philadelphia, 1807) of a selection of satirical poems by Peter Pindar (the pseudonym of John Wolcot). The collection includes "The Jewess and Her Son," a poem containing antisemitic content. The first American edition was published in New York in 1804.