Howell, Charles Boynton. Next Door and Other Poems.Detroit: 1888. Small 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt lettering, 98 pages. Two plates, illus. First edition. Printed in Ann Arbor at Courier Printers and Binders. No dj as issued.. Firm spine. Clean text. Small tear at bottom of page 5. Owner's name on fep. Light rubbing to cover o/w Fine. A long-time Detroit lawyer produces a nice range of topical verse, from several elegies on Lincoln (as well as memorials to local Civil War soldiers and political figures), to pieces on Chinese labor, the rise and progress of Minnesota, and the Dakotas’ entrance into the Union, and a notable inheritance case