The policeman's soliloquy.
Pondus.
[Edinburgh] : Published by R. Weston & Sons, 1, College-Street, and 37, Lothian-Street, - of whom may be had the University Maga,
[1838]
Signed at the foot of the text - 'Pondus'.
A parody, in verse, on the snowball riot at Edinburgh University, 12 Jan. 1838.
First lines read: To stand, or not to stand, that is the question : - / Whether 'tis nobler on the head to suffer / The sticks, and snow-balls of outrageous students.
This is a different edition from the items placed at L.C.1259(23), Mf.SP.88(9) and Ry.1.3.58(11)
Riots
Scotland Edinburgh.