Literature & Poets

Poets and their prisons, authors and their oddities, the stories behind famous books and verses.

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A Bucket the Only PrizeVol. II
"A Dream of Fair Women" (tennyson)Vol. I
A Feather in One'S CapVol. I
A Greek Poem in MarbleVol. III
A Poet Carried to his Tomb by WomenVol. III
A Senate of WomenVol. II
An American Epic PoemVol. II
Author of "God Save the King."Vol. I
Authors' Names Which Suggest their Chief WorkVol. I
Ayrshire PloughmanVol. III
Classic and Romantic LiteratureVol. I
Dante'S "Inferno."Vol. I
Dryden'S InscriptionVol. II
"E. Pluribus Unum."Vol. II
Good News from Ghent to AixVol. II
Halcyon DaysVol. II
Laura'S LoverVol. I
Likenesses of ChristVol. I
Longfellow'S Sonnet, "Three Friends of Mine."Vol. I
Marjorie FlemingVol. II
NaplesVol. II
Philetas of CosVol. II
"Popol Vuh." (the People'S Book.)Vol. III
Sanskrit LiteratureVol. I
Sonnets from the PortugueseVol. III
TelemaqueVol. I
Tent on the BeachVol. I
"The Battle of the Books."Vol. I
The Book of HoursVol. II
The Drama "Sakuntala."Vol. I
The Epic Poem of SpainVol. I
The First Poet-LaureateVol. II
"The Great Unknown."Vol. II
The Greatest Name in German LiteratureVol. I
The Half-Told TaleVol. I
The Harleian CollectionVol. I
The "Iliad" and "Odyssey."Vol. I
The "Iliad" of FranceVol. I
The KalevalaVol. III
The Lake PoetsVol. II
The Literature of the MagyarsVol. II
The Most Curious Book in the WorldVol. I
"The Mother of the Beautiful Child."Vol. II
The Original of "Mary Ashburton."Vol. II
The Pariah PoetVol. III
The Poet Whose Name was "Writ in Water."Vol. I
The PythiumVol. II
The "Rebecca" of IvanhoeVol. I
"The Ring and the Book."Vol. III
The Sacred Books of the HindoosVol. I
The Shahnamah, or Persian EpicVol. III
"The Sister of Shakespeare."Vol. II
The Wayside InnVol. I
Toru Dutt, a Hindu PoetVol. III
Victor HugoVol. I
Victor Hugo'S Opinion of Certain Great Literary MenVol. I
Virgil and the AeneidVol. I
Virgil as a NecromancerVol. II