1815. [6], 156pp, [16]. With a list of subscribers. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. A little rubbed and marked, some damp-staining to endpapers, occasional light soiling to text. Short tear to head of C4, without loss.

The sole edition of the first published work of Charlotte Nooth, of whom little is known beyond her being the daughter of James Nooth (d. 1815), London-based surgeon to the Duke of Kent, to whom the present work is dedicated.

Nooth evidently resided for a time in Ireland, specifically Down and Antrim, in 1807 (there is a section of Irish ballads on pp.73-91), and, possibly on the Isle of Man - there is a 'Manks Elegy' and another poem 'Written at Sea off the Isle of Man'. The final part of the volume contains a melodrama - with at least a nod to the Gothic - in both verse and prose entitled Clara, or the Nuns of Charity, based on a story by Madame de Genlis.

The lengthy list of subscribers shows a wide range of acquaintance with influential socialites, including numerous residents of Kew (where Nooth lived at the time of publication), Mrs. Eva Maria Garrick (1724-1822), and diarist Lady Frances Shelley (1787-1817).