FOREWORD 



WHEN some years ago I first conceived the plan of form- 

 ing a collection of the writings of Dr. Joseph Rodman 

 Drake to be presented to the Bronx Society of Arts and 

 Sciences, as has since been done, I had no idea that so much 

 could be brought together. The usual catalogues and bibliog- 

 raphies of American poetry mentioned only a few editions. 

 It is gratifying, therefore, to be able to announce that the 

 Society's collection now lacks only a few titles and is. so far 

 as known to me, the fullest complement of Drake editions in 

 any public or private possession. 



The bibliography presented here is not definitive, but it is 

 nearly complete for separate publications of Drake. 



V. H. P. 

 August, 1918 



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