CHILDE HARVARD: A ROMANCE OF CAMBRIDGE

Boston: Printed for the Author, 1848. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Parody of Byron designed to be a satire of Harvard mores in the format of an epic poem. Reprinted several years later as The Baby and the Bards...And the Bards of Lind. Ames effort is full of fun, and dedicated “Not with the vain hope of adding any new glory to those , who already stand high on the summit of the Popocatapetl of North American Literature”. A pleasant copy in the publisher’s brown embossed cloth. (Sabin 12728). Very Good binding.