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Detailed Entry: [Thomas Meek?] The Pleasures of Charity: a Poem in Two Parts. Intended as a Sequel to The Pleasures of Hope

Author(s) [Thomas Meek?]
Unattributed Authorship No
Title The Pleasures of Charity: a Poem in Two Parts. Intended as a Sequel to The Pleasures of Hope
Place(s) of Publication Edinburgh
Publisher(s) P. Cairns
Publication Date 1809
Format 17 cm.
Pagination or volumes 96
Reference WorldCat; HathiTrust
Comment Dedicated to the Duchess of Buccleugh. Ms note by George Chalmers (1742-1825) on title-page of BL copy of another work attributes the poem to Thomas Meek. The common attribution to Thomas Campbell is certainly an error: the author's "Advertisement" merely expresses admiration for Campbell.

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