AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS, BY THE HON. FREDERICK GRIMKE OF CHILICOTHE, OHIO.
1850. [n.p., 1850?]. [2 blank], [205]-216pp [as issued]. Original plain wrappers [light wear, ink inscription on front wrap], stitched. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. Grimke tries to explain why American literature has not yet measured up to the literature of European countries. He attributes this lag "chiefly to the extraordinary..... More