Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799Taylor, JosephengManuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 390 entries in verse and prose, which present satirical as well as sentimental and elegiac perspectives on the subjects of love, women, religion, and death. Titles include A reflection on death; On the death of a mother; Written in consequence of the execution of a young man for forgery, by Mrs. Taylor; Hymn by Miss Scott; To a lady who sung in too low a voice; On kissing; On female neatness after marriage; Advice to a young lady lately married; Unbeliever's creed; Sir Isaac Newton's creed; and numerous humorous epigrams and epitaphs. Several anonymous poems are labeled "Forton Prison" and dated 1795; the collection also includes poems by Tobias Smollett, Samuel Bishop, Samuel Rogers, Samuel Butler, and William CowperIn English.16-page index at beginning of manuscript.Title from title page. Also on title page: Vol 1.Laid in: newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph dated April 16, 1974.Binding: half calf over paper-covered board; back cover missing. In gilt on spine: Gleanings.