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 With a Steel Portrait of Longfellow, and 16 full-page illustrations, from original designs by Church, Fredericks, Dielman, Schell, Murphy, Gifford, Smillie, Harry Fenn, and others. Engraved by George T. Andrew.

Over 900 pp. Royal 8vo, cloth, gilt edges, $5 hf. morocco, gilt, 7 full morocco, gilt, 10

In a work of this character great literary taste and discrimination are required to successfully winnow the chaff from the wheat. For this task, Miss Bates has proved herself peculiarly fitted, and has given much time and labor to gather in one volume such selections as are worthy of a place among the choicest poetry of the English language.

The collection is especially full and complete in extracts from living American authors, many of whom are represented in no other compilation; while care has been taken to include those also without which a work of this description would be incomplete.

Especial care has also been taken to have the text accurate and free from typographical errors, the copy having been carefully revised by the compiler and competent proof-readers. The indexes, three in number, are minute and complete in every respect, and leave nothing to be desired in this particular. The arrangement of the poems is on a plan wholly different from that commonly pursued; the authors being placed alphabetically, and all the extracts from each author will be found in one section instead of being scattered through the book under different headings. It is believed this feature will prove a great convenience to those who may use the work for reference.

The illustrations have been designed by some of the best and most eminent artists in this country, expressly for this book, and are superior to anything ever before attempted in any similar work. The engraver has faithfully reproduced the drawings to the entire satisfaction of the artists, and the value of the book is greatly enhanced by these beautiful specimens of American art.

The whole work has been faithfully performed, both in the matter of the preparation of the material and of mechanical execution, including the presswork and the binding, all of which combine to give it that standard character which it has been the aim of the publishers to produce.