The most comprehensive collection of
British poetry to be found
on
the market today
A LITTLE TREASURY
of
BRITISH POETRY
The Chief Poets, 1500-1950
Oscar Williams, Editor
More than 700 great poems of four and one-half centuries–
poets from Spenser
to
Dylan Thomas-long poems, short
poems, narrative poems, ballads, songs and passages from
great plays. More than 500 pages are devoted to the
masterpieces of 1500-1900. Over 350 pages cover the 20th
century, including 80 poems by W. B. Yeats, 16 by Thomas
Hardy, 17 by G. M. Hopkins including "Wreck of the
Deutschland", and 15 poems by Dylan Thomas, many of which
have never before been published in book form. 74
photo–
graphs,' fully indexed; double buckram binding; gilt top; silk
reading ribbon; cellophane wrap;
912
pages.
Boxed, $5.00
A LITTLE TREASURY
of
BRITISH and AMERI(;AN POETRY
The great poets of two countries, including Tennyson, Pound,
Frost, Shakespeare, Keats, Crane and innumerable others.
1824 pages containing over 1200 poems; 219 poets; 141 illus- .
trations.
2
volumes boxed togeth6'1'. $10.00
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