THE“LIBRARY OF POETRY AND SONG”
THE“LIBRARY OF POETRY AND SONG”
Is a volume destined to become one of the most popular books ever printed. It is truly a people’s book. Its contents would cost hundreds of dollars in the books whence they are gleaned, English and American; and, indeed, although one possessed the volumes, the reading of such vast numbers of pages would be a labor not readily undertaken by most people, even those who appreciate poetry.
The New York Times,
A journal well known the country over for high literary excellence and correct taste, says:—
“This very handsome volume differs from all collections of ‘elegant extracts,’ parlor books, and the like, which we have seen, in being arranged according to an intelligible and comprehensive plan, in containing selections which nearly cover the entire historical period over which English poetry extends, and in embracing matter suited to every conceivable taste and every variety of feeling and culture.We know of no similar collection in the English language which, in copiousness and felicity of selection and arrangement, can at all compare with it.... The volume is a model of typographical clearness.”
The Albany Evening Journal,
One of the oldest papers and highest literary standards in the country, says:—
“It is undoubtedly ‘the choicest and most complete general collection of poetry yet published.’ It will be deemed sufficient proof of the judicious character of the selections, and of their excellence, that ‘every poem has taken its place in the book only after passing the cultured criticism of Mr. William Cullen Bryant,’ whose portrait constitutes the fitting frontispiece of the volume. The work could have no higher indorsement. Mr. Bryant’s Introduction to the volume is a most beautiful and critical essay on poets and poetry, from the days of ‘the father of English poetry’ to the present time....No other selection we know of is as varied and complete as this: and it must find its way into every library and household where poetry is read and appreciated.”
This book, supplying a real public need in an admirable manner, has constantly sold so fast that the publishers have had trouble to keep up their stock. It has won anINSTANT AND PERMANENT POPULARITY.
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