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The Sunday book of poetry, selected and arranged by C. F. Alexander

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Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
viii, 335, [8] p.
Note
  • ca. 242 poems, on religious subjects ; intended for children
  • "Index of first lines" -- p. 329-335
  • Printer's colophon : "Cambridge : Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co." -- p. 335
  • T.p. vignette : Mother reading prayerbook to children
  • [8] p. of advertising for publisher -- back of book
  • Preface : "The present volume will, it is hoped, be found to contain a selection of sacred poetry, of such a character as can be placed with profit and pleasure in the hands of intelligent children from eight to fourteen years of age ... The compiler has selected freely from our English poets ... She hopes it may be ... [an] informal introduction to the highest works of English literature ... Some persons may consider many of the poems in the present volume too difficult for children of the ages indicated ... [but] there is little ... which is not capable of giving pleasure to such children ..." -- p. [v]-viii
  • Includes poetry by Jonson, Cowper, Wordsworth, Addison, Charles Wesley, Milton, Tennyson, Raleigh, Watts, Dryden, Byron, Herbert, spenser, Lonfellow, Prior, Shakespeare, Arnold, J. G. Whittier, Burns, Pope, E. B. Browning, and Scott
  • Binding of brown linen ; front cover bears lozenge at center containing gold dove, bearing olive branch, framed by gold Oxford rule ; heavy yellow endpapers ; numerous decorative engravings throughout
Link
https://archive.org/details/sundaybookpoetr00unkngoog
Instance
Label
The Sunday book of poetry
Title
The Sunday book of poetry
Statement of responsibility
selected and arranged by C. F. Alexander
Creator
Contributor
Publisher
Printer
Subject
Language
eng
Cataloging source
DLC
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1818-1895
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Alexander, Cecil Frances
Index
index present
LC call number
PR1175.3.A54
LC item number
S96 1865
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Osgood, Frances Sargent Locke
  • Montgomery, James
  • Wither, George
  • Marvell, Andrew
  • Moore, Thomas
  • Keble, John
  • Adams, Sarah Flower
  • Procter, Adelaide Anne
  • Herrick, Robert
  • Heber, Reginald
  • Ken, Thomas
  • Milman, Henry Hart
  • Crashaw, Richard
  • Trench, Richard Chenevix
  • Faber, Frederick William
  • Grant, Robert
  • Palgrave, Francis Turner
  • Toplady, Augustus
  • Stanley, Arthur Penrhyn
  • Newton, John
  • Logan, John
  • Cowley, Abraham
  • Newman, John Henry
  • Broome
  • Young, Edward
  • Sear, Edmund Hamilton
  • White, Henry Kirke
  • M'Cheyne, Robert Murray
  • Kelly, Thomas
  • Wotton, Henry
  • Davis, Thomas Osbourne
  • Southwell, Robert
  • Vaughan, Henry
  • Kingsley, Charles
  • Houghton, Richard Monckton Milnes
  • Crabbe, George
  • Howitt, Richard
  • Hemans
  • Alford, Henry
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  • Alexander, William
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  • Wells, Anna Maria
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  • Waring, Anna Letitia
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  • Lynch, Anne C
  • Howe, William Walsham
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  • Tickett
  • Grigg, John
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  • DeVare
  • Nutter, Charles S.
  • Sever and Francis
  • Welch, Bigelow & Co.
  • University Press (Cambridge, Mass.)
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Children's poetry, English
  • Religious poetry, English
  • Hymns, English
Label
The Sunday book of poetry, selected and arranged by C. F. Alexander
Link
https://archive.org/details/sundaybookpoetr00unkngoog
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • ca. 242 poems, on religious subjects ; intended for children
  • "Index of first lines" -- p. 329-335
  • Printer's colophon : "Cambridge : Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co." -- p. 335
  • T.p. vignette : Mother reading prayerbook to children
  • [8] p. of advertising for publisher -- back of book
  • Preface : "The present volume will, it is hoped, be found to contain a selection of sacred poetry, of such a character as can be placed with profit and pleasure in the hands of intelligent children from eight to fourteen years of age ... The compiler has selected freely from our English poets ... She hopes it may be ... [an] informal introduction to the highest works of English literature ... Some persons may consider many of the poems in the present volume too difficult for children of the ages indicated ... [but] there is little ... which is not capable of giving pleasure to such children ..." -- p. [v]-viii
  • Includes poetry by Jonson, Cowper, Wordsworth, Addison, Charles Wesley, Milton, Tennyson, Raleigh, Watts, Dryden, Byron, Herbert, spenser, Lonfellow, Prior, Shakespeare, Arnold, J. G. Whittier, Burns, Pope, E. B. Browning, and Scott
  • Binding of brown linen ; front cover bears lozenge at center containing gold dove, bearing olive branch, framed by gold Oxford rule ; heavy yellow endpapers ; numerous decorative engravings throughout
Dimensions
17 cm.
Extent
viii, 335, [8] p.
Lccn
20007193
Note
  • Nutter's bookplate -- front pastedown.
  • Spine detaching ; front outer hinge broken ; linen bookcloth buckling ; paper very brittle, but as yet undamaged ; cap damage ; sewing structure loosening.
System control number
(OCoLC)2284928
Label
The Sunday book of poetry, selected and arranged by C. F. Alexander
Link
https://archive.org/details/sundaybookpoetr00unkngoog
Publication
Note
  • ca. 242 poems, on religious subjects ; intended for children
  • "Index of first lines" -- p. 329-335
  • Printer's colophon : "Cambridge : Printed by Welch, Bigelow & Co." -- p. 335
  • T.p. vignette : Mother reading prayerbook to children
  • [8] p. of advertising for publisher -- back of book
  • Preface : "The present volume will, it is hoped, be found to contain a selection of sacred poetry, of such a character as can be placed with profit and pleasure in the hands of intelligent children from eight to fourteen years of age ... The compiler has selected freely from our English poets ... She hopes it may be ... [an] informal introduction to the highest works of English literature ... Some persons may consider many of the poems in the present volume too difficult for children of the ages indicated ... [but] there is little ... which is not capable of giving pleasure to such children ..." -- p. [v]-viii
  • Includes poetry by Jonson, Cowper, Wordsworth, Addison, Charles Wesley, Milton, Tennyson, Raleigh, Watts, Dryden, Byron, Herbert, spenser, Lonfellow, Prior, Shakespeare, Arnold, J. G. Whittier, Burns, Pope, E. B. Browning, and Scott
  • Binding of brown linen ; front cover bears lozenge at center containing gold dove, bearing olive branch, framed by gold Oxford rule ; heavy yellow endpapers ; numerous decorative engravings throughout
Dimensions
17 cm.
Extent
viii, 335, [8] p.
Lccn
20007193
Note
  • Nutter's bookplate -- front pastedown.
  • Spine detaching ; front outer hinge broken ; linen bookcloth buckling ; paper very brittle, but as yet undamaged ; cap damage ; sewing structure loosening.
System control number
(OCoLC)2284928

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