LACON; OR MANY THINGS IN FEW WORDS; ADDRRESSED TO THOSE WHO THINK.

Colton, C. C., Rev.

Published by Charles Wells, New York

About this Item

1836. First American Stereotype Edition, complete in one volume, 12mo, xvi, [17]-493pp, all edges gilt, includes an engraved title-page. Rebound in black buckram, lightly toned at text, else G+. Charles Caleb Colton, (1780?1832), poet and essayist, was an eccentric from the beginning, being more interested in hunting and fishing than in his clerical duties; he eventually went to London and became a wine merchant while living in a half-miserly style, spending most of his substance on gambling. Harassed by debt and frightened by his association with a convicted murderer, he left England in 1823, going first to the United States, then to Paris. He eventually settled in France and ultimately committed suicide in terror of a threatened surgical operation. His poems are of no interest, and he is best known for the present title, a collection of aphorisms, sayings, and short essays, mostly gathered from others. See British Authors of the Nineteenth Century, by Kunitz and Haycraft.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: LACON; OR MANY THINGS IN FEW WORDS; ADDRRESSED TO THOSE WHO THINK.
• Publisher: Charles Wells, New York
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good