e erratum
notice.

A press cutting from _The Athenaeum_ of 4th May 1896 was included with
the original. It reads as follows:

A POEM ON THE SLAVE TRADE
BY JAMES BOSWELL

A hitherto unrecognized work by James Boswell was sold a few days
ago by Mr. Salkeld, of Clapham Road. It is in quarto, and the title
is, 'No Abolition of Slavery: or, the Universal Empire of Love: a
Poem, 1791.' The authorship appears to have been attributed to
Boswell on the strength of an inscription, "By James Boswell, Esq.,"
in a contemporary handwriting on the title-page, and there is little
doubt that the inscription is correct.

In the volume of Boswelliana edited by the Rev. Charles Rogers for
the Grampian Club there is a letter, written in April, 1791, to Mr.
Dempster by Boswell, who mentions a recently published poem on the
slave trade, written by himself. The editor, in his comments on the
letter, remarks that the work referred to by Boswell is unknown to
bibliographers. Mr. Salkeld's discovery, though interesting, will
not confer additional lustre on Boswell's reputation as a bard; but
the poem is characteristic and amusing. It is "Addressed to Miss
----," perhaps intended for Miss Bagnal, who was occupying his
attention at that time, and is described in one of his letters as
"about seven-and-twenty ... a Ranelagh girl--but of excellent
principles, in so much that she reads prayers to the servants in her
father's family every Sunday evening." The merits of the work are
pretty nearly on a level with 'The Cub at Newmarket' and other
poetical effusions of the writer. Nothing could be more Boswellian
than the manner in which the subject is treated, and the piece is
full of personal allusions. Now that the authorship of the work is
known, it is probable that other copies will turn up.

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