The United Worlds, A Poem, In Fifty Seven Books
| Title | The United Worlds, A Poem, In Fifty Seven Books |
| Year for Search | 1834 |
| Authors | Drinkwater, Mark [pseud?] |
| Tertiary Authors | King, General Nathaniel(1767-1848) [Supposed author] |
| Date Published | 1834 |
| Publisher | Ptd for the Proprietor |
| Place Published | Hamilton, NY |
| Annotation | An appallingly bad, and long poem about a eutopia inside the Earth. Democratic. No pride. No display. Ultimately the worlds of interior and exterior join under a constitution similar to that of the U.S. In the "Introduction" (iii-iv), the author writes that his purpose is to "inculcate the love of civil and religious liberty,--of peace and mercy,--of temperance" (iii). |
| Pseudonym | Drinkwater, Mark [pseud?] |
| Holding Institutions | NN |
| Author Note | When offering a copy for sale, the bookdealer Lloyd Curry suggested that the author is General Nathaniel King (1767-1848). |
| Full Text | 1834 Drinkwater, Mark [pseud?]. The United Worlds, A Poem, In Fifty Seven Books. Hamilton, NY: Ptd for the Proprietor. When offering a copy for sale, the bookdealer Lloyd Curry suggested that the author is General Nathaniel King (1767-1848). NN An appallingly bad, and long poem about a eutopia inside the Earth. Democratic. No pride. No display. Ultimately the worlds of interior and exterior join under a constitution similar to that of the U.S. In the “Introduction” (iii-iv), the author writes that his purpose is to “inculcate the love of civil and religious liberty,--of peace and mercy,--of temperance” (iii). |
