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Boston: S. G. Goodrich, 1827. 8vo, pp. 228; 240; American Imprints 30126; bound with: [Sprague, William Buell], Letters from Europe, in 1828; first published in the New York Observer, New York: Jonathan Leavitt, 1828, pp. 135, [1]; together 2 titles in 1 volume, contemporary quarter brown calf, a little scuffed, but very good; title-p. of the second with bottom margin trimmed close to the imprint. Temper was a popular work of fiction by the prolific Unitarian turned Quaker author, first published in 3 volumes London, 1812. Sprague (1795-1876), an American clergyman educated at Yale and Princeton, published numerous books, of which the best known is Annals of the American Pulpit (nine volumes, 1857-1869), a biographical dictionary of American ministers of various denominations. In 1828 Sprague embarked on a trip to Europe for health reasons and he was asked by a friend at the Observer to record his journey for publication. The letters were eventually published in this volume. The better part of the… Read More