The world's best poetry ...
By: editor in chief: Bliss Carman; associated editors: John Vance Cheney, Charles G.D. Roberts, Charles F. Richardson, Francis H. Stoddard; managing editor: John R. Howard.
Contributors: Carman, Bliss, 1861-1929.; Cheney, John Vance, 1848-1922, ed.; Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir, 1860-1943 ed.; Richardson, Charles F. 1851-1913, ed.; Stoddard, Francis Hovey, 1847-1936, ed.; Howard, John R. 1837-1926, ed.
Edition: [Éd. de luxe]
Publisher: J.D. Morris and Company
Published: 1904
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Poetry -- Collections; English poetry; Poetry
Notes: Each volume has special t.-p.
Table of contents: title: 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.; title: v. 2. Love; introductory essay: The future of poetry, by J.V. Cheney.; title: v. 3. Sorrow and consolation; [introductory essay] An interpretor of life, by L. Abbott.; title: v. 4. The higher life; [introductory essay] Religion and poetry, by W. Gladden.; title: v. 5. Nature; [introductory essay] The poetry of nature, by C.G.D. Roberts.; title: v. 6. Of fancy, of sentiment; [introductory essay] The place of poetry in life, by C.F. Richardson.; title: v. 7. Descriptive narrative; [introductory essay] What's the use of poetry, by R. Le Gallienne.; title: v. 8. National spirit; [introductory essay] The study of poetry, by F.H. Stoddard.; title: v. 9. Of tragedy, of humor; [introductry essay] The old case of poetry in a new court, by F.A. Gummere.; title: v. 10. Poetical quotations; [introductory essay] After all, what is poetry, by J.R. Howard.