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Additional authors

1. Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
2. Montagu, H. W.
3. Miller, Alfred, active 1830-1836.
4. Constable, Henry.
5. Milliken, Richard, 1783 or 1784-1834.
6. Bentley, Samuel, 1785-1868.
7. Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.
8. Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836.
9. Slader, Samuel M.
10. R. Griffin and Co. pbl

Description

1. 33, [1] p. : ill.; 16 cm.

Alternative title

1. Devil's thoughts

Subject

1. Porson, Richard, 1759-1808
2. London (England) -- Moral conditions -- Poetry

Call number

1. Pforz (Coleridge, S. T. Devil's walk. 2nd ed.)

Note

1. Southey wrote the first three stanzas, and the stanza on the "Cold-Bath-Prison"; the rest was written by Coleridge (cf. Coleridge letter to H. W. Montagu, April 1830 [#1686 in Griggs]).
2. Printer's imprint: "London: Printed by Samuel Bentley, Dorset-street, Fleet-street."
3. Publisher's advertisements: p. [34].
4. First published in the Morning Post, 6 Sep 1799, under the title "The Devil's Thoughts."
5. Illustrations: 6 wood engravings, including: -- "From his brimstone bed at break of day," p. [ii], depicting the Devil, seated and reading the newspaper, getting a haircut from a demon. -- "And backwards and forwards he switch'd his long tail, As a gentleman switches his cane," p. [13], depicting the Devil walking toward London, dressed like a gentleman. -- "He saw a Lawyer killing a viper, On a dunghill beside his own stable," p. [17], depicting the Devil watching a lawyer attack a snake with a stick, in front of a stable. -- "He saw a Pothecary, on a white horse, Ride by on his avocations," p. [20], depicting the Devil watching a skeleton dressed as an apothecary and riding a horse. -- "As he passed by Cold Bath Fields, he saw A solitary cell.--", p. [25], depicting the Devil inside a jail cell with two suffering prisoners. -- "He saw a certain Minister -- (a Minister to his mind) Go into a certain house -- with a majority behind," p. [30], depicting the Devil watching the Prime Minister enter the House of Lords; the King and nobles watch from an adjoining room.

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Author

1. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834.

Title

1. The Devil's walk : a poem / By S. T. Coleridge, Esq. and Robert Southey, Esq. LL.D> &c. Edited with a biographical memoir and notes by H. W. Montagu, author of Montmorency: -- Poems, &c. Illustrated with beautiful engravings on wood by Bonner and Slader, after the designs of R. Cruikshank.

Imprint

1. London : Alfred Miller, 137, Oxford Street; H. Constable, Edinburgh; Griffin, Glasgow; and Milliken, Dublin, [1830].

Edition

1. Second edition.

Access

1. Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Local note

1. Pforzheimer copy: In plain blue 20th century wrappers. -- Within buff CHPL envelope.

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1. Request Access to the Pforzheimer Collection

Added author

1. Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
2. Montagu, H. W.
3. Miller, Alfred, active 1830-1836. Publisher
4. Constable, Henry. Publisher
5. R. Griffin and Co. Publisher
6. Milliken, Richard, 1783 or 1784-1834. Publisher
7. Bentley, Samuel, 1785-1868. Printer
8. Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856. Illustrator
9. Bonner, G. W. (George Wilmot), 1796-1836. Engraver
10. Slader, Samuel M. Engraver

Other title

1. Devil's thoughts

Other standard identifier

1. PML 9430

Research call number

1. Pforz (Coleridge, S. T. Devil's walk. 2nd ed.)