Printer's statement from title-page verso: London : W. Houstoun, printer, 11, Crane Court, Fleet Street.
Text taken mainly from his autobiographical The life and adventures of Peter Porcupine.
Includes newspaper memorials printed following Cobbett's death and "Mr. Cobbett's life of himself (as originally published in America)" using selections of The life of William Cobbett. London : W. Hone, 1816. See page 9.