Frank Before Vicksburg

  NEW POEMS BY WM. P. BRANNAN.

  Vagaries of Vandyke Browne,

  AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN VERSE.

  BY WM. P. BRANNAN,

  AUTHOR OF "THE HARP OF A THOUSAND STRINGS"

  1 Vol., elegantly Printed on Laid Paper, and exquisitely Bound in New Style Cloth, $1.75.

  _Sent by Mail, Postage Paid, on Receipt of Price_.

  MR. BRANNAN is well known, to the people of the West especially, as an artist, and an occasional contributor of poetry to the Press. His "HARP OF A THOUSAND STRINGS," a burlesque sermon, has been long recognized as the best of its class. The present volume is one of superior merit for the wit and humor of the Autobiography, the pathos, imagination and smooth versification of the Occasional Pieces scattered in profusion throughout. This work is destined to place Mr. BRANNAN high in the rank of American Poets, and to give him position as a leader among the Bards of the West.

  _NOTICES OF THE PRESS_.

  "The breezy freshness of the prairie pervades his thought, and breathes in many of his lines."--_Portland Daily Press._

  "The collection of Poems does honor to the author, whose name is so familiar to Western people, that the mere announcement of the work will be sufficient to secure a host of readers."--_Cincinnati Gazette._

  "This autobiographic verse is made to link together a number of fugitive poems which have the true gold of poetry, without alloy."--_Cincinnati Commercial._

  "The Poems display a tender and refined sensibility, and the book is one to buy."--_Boston Saturday Evening Gazette._

  "The author manifests more than ordinary skill in versification."--_Salem Register._

  R. W. CARROLL & CO., Publishers, 73 West Fourth St., Opera-House Building, Cincinnati.