Gown versus town. Or Crabs versus lobsters.
Studioso, Alphonzo.
[Edinburgh] : Published by R. Weston & Sons, 1, College-Street, and 37, Lothian-Street, - of whom may be had th[e] University Maga,
[1838]
Page [1] is blank.
A parody, in verse, on the snowball riot at Edinburgh University, 12 Jan. 1838.
First lines read: My friends by rabble pelted, found our spleen / Began to swell and stimulate within.
There is a quote from Virgil beneath the title.
Signed at the foot of the text - 'Alphonzo Studioso'.
Riots
Scotland Edinburgh.