PUBLISHED BY S. C. GRIGGS & CO., CHICAGO.
Old-Time Pictures
AND
SHEAVES OF RHYME.
By BENJ. F. TAYLOR.
| Red Line Edition, Small Quarto, Silk Cloth, | $1.75 |
| Full Gilt Edges, | $2.00 |
John G. Whittier writes:—"It gives me pleasure to see the poems of B. F. Taylor, issued by your house in a form worthy of their merit. Such pieces as the 'Old Village Choir,' 'The Skylark,' 'The Vane on the Spire,' and 'June,' deserve their good setting."
J. G. Holland writes:—"I have spent many hours over your book. The 'Old Time Picture' is crowded with verbal felicities, and the closing portion of it as soul-stirring as the voice of a trumpet. * * 'A Winter's Psalm' stands out on these pages with the claim of being your most perfect poem. I have read it again and again. * * It has a natural unfolding; it is at home in its rhythm; it is symmetrical; it is dignified; it is very nearly perfect."
Lakeside Monthly:—"Of all the Christmas poems in reach of our readers, let us commend as without compeer the thrilling, tender, and most musical poem, 'The Child and the Star.'"
San Francisco Bulletin:—"A poet he is in the true sense; a singer of songs so full of tenderness and melody that their memory lingers like a delicious fragrance. Several of his lyrics have become classic. * * His 'River of Time' is one of the most perfect poems in the language, original in conception, full of beautiful imagery, grandly sonorous in rhythm."