POETICAL GIFT BOOKS.
POETICAL GIFT BOOKS.
LYRICS OF LOVE, from Shakespeare to Tennyson. Selected and arranged byW. Davenport Adams, Jun. Fcap. 8vo. cloth extra, gilt edges, 3s.6d.The present work differs from previous collections of the kind in these particulars: (1) That it consists entirely of short lyric poems. (2) That each poem exhibits some phase of the tender passion, and (3) That it includes specimens of the genius of the latest as well as of the earliest writers.HOME SONGS FOR QUIET HOURS.By the Rev. CanonR. H. Baynes, Editor of ‘Lyra Anglicana,’ &c. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. Cloth extra, 3s.6d.A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs for the help and solace of the various members of Christ’s Church Militant here on earth.‘A tasteful collection of devotional poetry of a very high standard of excellence. The pieces are short, mostly original, and instinct, for the most part, with the most ardent spirit of devotion.’—Standard.POEMS.ByWilliam Cullen Bryant. Red-line Edition. Handsomely bound. With 24 Illustrations and Portrait of the Author. 7s.6d.A Cheaper Edition, with Frontispiece. 3s.6d.These are the only complete English Editions sanctioned by the Author, and they contain several of the Author’s Poems which have not appeared in any previous Collection.‘Of all the poets of the United States there is no one who obtained the fame and position of a classic earlier, or has kept them longer than William Cullen Bryant.’—Academy.ENGLISH SONNETS.Collected and Arranged byJohn Dennis. Fcap. 8vo. Elegantly bound. 3s.6d.This Collection of Sonnets, arranged chronologically from the Elizabethan to the Victorian era, is designed for the students of poetry, and not only for the reader who takes up a volume of verse in order to pass away an idle hour. The Sonnet contains, to use the words of Marlowe, ‘infinite riches in a little room.’‘An exquisite selection, a selection which every lover of poetry will consult again and again with delight. The notes are very useful.... The volume is one for which English literature owes Mr. Dennis the heartiest thanks.’—Spectator.
LYRICS OF LOVE, from Shakespeare to Tennyson. Selected and arranged byW. Davenport Adams, Jun. Fcap. 8vo. cloth extra, gilt edges, 3s.6d.
The present work differs from previous collections of the kind in these particulars: (1) That it consists entirely of short lyric poems. (2) That each poem exhibits some phase of the tender passion, and (3) That it includes specimens of the genius of the latest as well as of the earliest writers.
HOME SONGS FOR QUIET HOURS.By the Rev. CanonR. H. Baynes, Editor of ‘Lyra Anglicana,’ &c. Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. Cloth extra, 3s.6d.
A Collection of Hymns and Sacred Songs for the help and solace of the various members of Christ’s Church Militant here on earth.
‘A tasteful collection of devotional poetry of a very high standard of excellence. The pieces are short, mostly original, and instinct, for the most part, with the most ardent spirit of devotion.’—Standard.
‘A tasteful collection of devotional poetry of a very high standard of excellence. The pieces are short, mostly original, and instinct, for the most part, with the most ardent spirit of devotion.’—Standard.
POEMS.ByWilliam Cullen Bryant. Red-line Edition. Handsomely bound. With 24 Illustrations and Portrait of the Author. 7s.6d.
A Cheaper Edition, with Frontispiece. 3s.6d.
These are the only complete English Editions sanctioned by the Author, and they contain several of the Author’s Poems which have not appeared in any previous Collection.
‘Of all the poets of the United States there is no one who obtained the fame and position of a classic earlier, or has kept them longer than William Cullen Bryant.’—Academy.
‘Of all the poets of the United States there is no one who obtained the fame and position of a classic earlier, or has kept them longer than William Cullen Bryant.’—Academy.
ENGLISH SONNETS.Collected and Arranged byJohn Dennis. Fcap. 8vo. Elegantly bound. 3s.6d.
This Collection of Sonnets, arranged chronologically from the Elizabethan to the Victorian era, is designed for the students of poetry, and not only for the reader who takes up a volume of verse in order to pass away an idle hour. The Sonnet contains, to use the words of Marlowe, ‘infinite riches in a little room.’
‘An exquisite selection, a selection which every lover of poetry will consult again and again with delight. The notes are very useful.... The volume is one for which English literature owes Mr. Dennis the heartiest thanks.’—Spectator.
‘An exquisite selection, a selection which every lover of poetry will consult again and again with delight. The notes are very useful.... The volume is one for which English literature owes Mr. Dennis the heartiest thanks.’—Spectator.
HENRY S. KING & CO., London.