ΑΝ ESSAY ON THE INFLUENCE OF POETRY ON THE MIND. BODL London: R. HASTINGS, CAREY STREET, LINCOLN'S INN. 1839. ΤΟ SIR EDWARD LYTTON BULWER, BART. M. P. &c. &c. &c. BY WHOM THE PRIZE AWARDED TO IT WAS ADJUDICATED AND PRESENTED: THIS ESSAY, IS INSCRIBED WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF RESPECT, BY HIS GRATEFULLY OBLIGED, AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, J. HEMMING WEBB. In compliance with the request of various members of the Society, before whom the following Essay was read, and by whom the prize awarded to it was bestowed, the Author has consented to its appearing in its present shape. He has great pleasure in availing himself of this opportunity of acknowledging the uniform kindness, with relation to it, which he has experienced at the hands of the highly-gifted adjudicator. SOUTHWARK LITERARY SOCIETY, August, 1839. |