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[ANON.]. Self-Consciousness of Noted Persons. Compiled in Leisure Hours, by J.S.M. Cambridge, [Mass.]: John Wilson and Son. University Press, 1882. 1st ed. Large 8vo. 4, 81 pp. Orig. cloth. $175.00
Brief notices of several dozen historical and literary figures. Among the Americans are both expected and unexpected figures, including Whitman, Hawhtorne, Longfellow, Emerson, Rev. Owen Lovejoy, Jefferson, Ethan Allen, Thomas H. Benton, and several others. Not found in NUC.
With a presentation inscription in ink to a friend by the author, who has signed his or her name, but we cannot decipher it, and it does not appear to match the initials.