Books and reading; Children's literature -- Bibliography
In the Globe Edition.
DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321). _Divina Commedia._
Cary’s translation is in _Everyman’s Library_. The best way on the
whole for English readers to learn their Dante is through Charles
Eliot Norton’s prose translation (see page 210 of this Guide).
THOMAS DEKKER (157?-163?). _Dramas._
In the _Mermaid Series_.
JOHN DONNE (1573-1631). _Poems._
In the _Muses Library_ (Charles Scribner’s Sons). A wonderful poet,
who, perhaps, is not to be read until one’s taste for poetry has grown
certain, but a liking for whom in mature years is an almost infallible
proof of true poetic appreciation.
JOHN DRYDEN (1631-1700). _Poetical Works._
In the Globe Edition and also in the Cambridge Edition. The reader
should first read Dryden’s odes and lyrical pieces; his satires may be
deferred.
GEORGE ELIOT (Mary Ann Evans, 1819-80). _Poems._
In one volume, published by Doubleday, Page & Co., and to be found in
any complete edition of her works. Her reputation as a novelist has
overshadowed her excellence as a poet. “The Choir Invisible” is one of
the noble poems of the century.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-82). _Poems._
In one volume, published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Emerson is the most
exalted spirit of our literature, and his poems condense and refine the
best ideas to be found in his prose.
EURIPIDES (480-406 B.C.). _Dramas._
In two volumes in _Everyman’s Library_.
_Everyman and Other Miracle Plays._
In _Everyman’s Library_. See also “Specimens of Pre-Shakespearean
Drama,” edited by J. M. Manly (Ginn & Co.). The recent stage production
of “Everyman” has created a new popular interest in very early
English dramas. The value of most of them is historical rather than
intrinsically poetic.
EUGENE FIELD. _A Little Book of Western Verse._
Contains the familiar poems for and about children.
EDWARD FITZGERALD (1809-83). _Translation of the Rubáiyát of Omar
Khayyám._
There are innumerable editions of this famous poem. An inexpensive one
is published by Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
JOHN FLETCHER (1579-1625). _Dramas._
With Beaumont in the _Mermaid Series_.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749-1832). _Dramatic and Poetic Works._
The dramas, translated by Walter Scott and others, are in _Bohn’s
Library_. American readers will be interested in Bayard Taylor’s poetic
version of “Faust.”
OLIVER GOLDSMITH (1728-74). _Poems, etc._
Goldsmith’s few poems are to be found in a good edition of his works in
one volume, published by Crowell & Co.
THOMAS GRAY (1716-71). _Poetical Works._
In one volume, in the Aldine Edition (Macmillan). Readers of the
familiar “Elegy in a Country Churchyard” need only to be told that a
half dozen of Gray’s other poems are equally fine; and they should not
overlook the delightful “Ode on the Death of Mr. Walpole’s Cat.”
KATE GREENAWAY. _Marigold Garden._ _Under the Window._
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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