The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, MassachusettsBrooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 1: Curiosities of the Old Lottery: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
Lotteries; New England -- Social life and customs
The _notes_ (50 pp.) give the history of the poem, _all_ the readings of
the earlier editions, selected comments by the best English and American
critics, full explanations of all allusions, &c. The _illustrations_ are
from the elegant Holiday edition.
=III. SELECT POEMS OF TENNYSON.=
Including the Lady of Shalott, the Miller's Daughter, OEnone, the
Lotos-Eaters, The Palace of Art, A Dream of Fair Women, Morte d'Arthur,
The Talking Oak, Ulysses, Locksley Hall, The Two Voices, St. Agnes' Eve,
Sir Galahad, The Brook, &c. The text is from the latest English edition
(1884).
=IV. SCOTT'S MARMION.=
With copious Notes and introductory matter. The Text is now correctly
printed _for the first time._
=V. THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S TENNYSON.= (IN PRESS.)
=VI. SELECT POEMS OF TENNYSON.= SECOND PART. (IN PRESS.)
=THE MEMORIAL HISTORY OF BOSTON,=
In Four Volumes. Quarto.
With more than 500 Illustrations by famous artists and engravers, all
made for this work.
Edited by JUSTIN WINSOR, LIBRARIAN OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
Among the contributors are:
Gov. JOHN D. LONG,
Hon. CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS,
Rev. PHILLIPS BROOKS, D.D.,
Rev. E.E. HALE, D.D.,
Hon. ROBERT C. WINTHROP,
Hon. J. HAMMOND TRUMBULL,
Admiral G.U. PREBLE,
Dr. O.W. HOLMES,
JOHN G. WHITTIER,
Rev. J.F. CLARKE, D.D.,
Rev. A.P. PEABODY, D.D.,
Col. T.W. HIGGINSON,
Professor ASA GRAY,
Gen. F.W. PALFREY,
HENRY CABOT LODGE.
VOLUME I. treats of the Geology, Fauna, and Flora; the Voyages and Maps
of the Northmen, Italians, Captain John Smith, and the Plymouth
Settlers; the Massachusetts Company, Puritanism, and the Aborigines; the
Literature, Life, and Chief Families of the Colonial Period.
VOL. II. treats of the Royal Governors; French and Indian Wars; Witches
and Pirates; The Religion, Literature, Customs, and Chief Families of
the Provincial Period.
VOL. III. treats of the Revolutionary Period and the Conflict around
Boston; and the Statesmen, Sailors, and Soldiers, the Topography,
Literature, and Life of Boston during that time; and also of the Last
Hundred Years' History, the War of 1812, Abolitionism, and the Press.
VOL. IV. treats of the Social Life, Topography, and Landmarks,
Industries, Commerce, Railroads, and Financial History of this Century
in Boston; with Monographic Chapters on Boston's Libraries, Women,
Science, Art, Music, Philosophy, Architecture, Charities, etc.
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=FIVE GREAT MODERN POEMS.=
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other distinguished artists.
=CHILDE HAROLD.=
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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