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The world's best poetry ...

Print Book, English, 1904
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J.D. Morris and Company, Philadelphia, Pa., 1904
poetry
10 volumes : fronts., plates (part colored), portraits. 23 cm.
1739806
V. 1. Of home, of friendship; introduction: The purpose of poetry, by E. Carman; introductory essay: Young people and the poets, by W.D. MacClintock
v. 2. Love; introductory essay: The future of poetry, by J.V. Cheney
v. 3. Sorrow and consolation; [introductory essay] An interpretor of life, by L. Abbott
v. 4. The higher life; [introductory essay] Religion and poetry, by W. Gladden
v. 5. Nature; [introductory essay] The poetry of nature, by C.G.D. Roberts
v. 6. Of fancy, of sentiment; [introductory essay] The place of poetry in life, by C.F. Richardson
v. 7. Descriptive narrative; [introductory essay] What's the use of poetry, by R. Le Gallienne
v. 8. National spirit; [introductory essay] The study of poetry, by F.H. Stoddard
v. 9. Of tragedy, of humor; [introductry essay] The old case of poetry in a new court, by F.A. Gummere
v. 10. Poetical quotations; [introductory essay] After all, what is poetry, by J.R. Howard
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