BEING
Choice Selections from the best Poets,
ENGLISH, SCOTCH, IRISH, AMERICAN,
INCLUDING TRANSLATIONS from the GERMAN, SPANISH, etc.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
By WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT.
In one Superb Large Octavo Volume of over 800 pages, well printed, on Fine Paper, and Illustrated with an admirable Portrait on Steel
of Mr. Bryant, together with 26 Autographic Fac-Similes
on Wood of Celebrated Poets, besides other choice
Full-page Engravings, by the best Artists.
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This book has been prepared with the aim of gathering into a single volume the largest practicable compilation of the best Poems of the English language, making it as nearly as possible the choicest and most complete general collection of Poetry yet published.