Art of contentment; with several entertaining pieces of poetry, descriptive of the present times, in the U. States of America. / By John Searson, formerly a merchant of Philadelphia. ; [Six lines of quotation]

vi, [1], 8-225, [3] p. ; 17 cm. (12mo)"The prose part of the 'Art of contentment,' is chiefly selected from the first European writers. Several of the pieces (those descriptive of America particularly) are my own ..."--p. vi.Dedicated to George Washington.Dated 1796 by Evans; however, Searson in the preface states "... and in 1797 I published a book of poems ..." The dedication would indicate publication before Washington's death in December 1799.Errors in paging: p. 151 misnumbered 120; p. 45-46 imposed in reverse order