A. HART'S STANDARD WORKS 



THE POETS AND POETRY OF 

 EUROPE, ENGLAND, AMERICA, Etc. 



CAREY & HART have just published in four splendid volumes, beautifully illustrated, 

 and uniform in size with their new edition of THE MODERN ESSAYISTS » and 

 forming a suitable companioii to that delightful series: — 



THE 



POETS AND POETRY OF AMERICA! 



EMBRACING 



Selections from tlie Poetical 

 I^iterature of tlae ITiiiicd 

 States, from tlie Time of 

 tiie Hevoiiition, 



WITH A 



Preliminary Essarj on the Progress and 

 Condition of Poetry in this Coiin- 

 try, and Biographical and Cri- 

 . tical Notices of the most 

 eminent Poets. 

 By RUFUS W. GRISWOLD. 

 eighth edition, revised and enlarged. 

 Elegantly bound in Col'd Calf and Morocco. 

 Price S5 00, or in Cloth Gilt, ^3 00. 

 " We think in the 500 pages of this beau- 

 tiful volume, the reader will fivid nearly all 

 that is worth reading in American Poetry." 

 ■ — Boston Post. 



"Mr. G. has done a service to our litera- 

 ture which eminently entitles him to the re- 

 gard and favorof a discerning and impartial 

 public."— iVa^ionaZ Intelligencer. 



"No better selection from the poetry of 

 our native bards has ever been made, and 

 ao person could do better with the mate- 

 -ials than Mr. Griswold has done.^^— Boston 

 Transcript. 



THE 



POETS AND POETRY OF EUROPE: 



WITH 



Kiograpliicai Notices and 

 Translations, 



Fro7n the Earliest Period to the Present 

 Time. 



By HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. 

 In One Large 8vo. Volume, 750 Pages. 

 Morocco, elegant, S5 60, or cloth gilt, S3 75. 

 Which comprises translations from the fol- 

 lowing: Anglo-Saxon, Icelandic, Swe- 

 dish, Dutch, German, French, Ita- 

 lian, Spanish, Portuguese, &c. 

 &c. 



" It is the most complete work of the kind 

 in English literature " — Boston Courier. 



" A more desirable work for the scholar 

 or man of taste has scarcely ever been is- 

 •uedmthe United States."— iV. Y; Tribune 



} ILLUSTRATED POEMS. 



f BY MRS. L H. SIGOURNEY. 



With Designs by F. O. C. Darley, 



ENGRAVED BY DISTINGTHSHED ARTISTS. 



With a Portrait of the Authoress by Cheney 

 after F)'eeman, 



LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



The Divided Burden — A Landscape — Oris- 

 ka — The Ancient Family Clock — Eve — The 

 Scottish Weaver — The Indian Summer — 

 Erin's Daughter — The Western Emigrant — 

 The Aged Pastor — The Tomb — The Drooping 

 Team— The Beautiful Maid. 



"The volume is a most luxurious and gor- 

 geous one, reflecting the highest credit on 

 its 'getters up;' and we know of nothing 

 from the American press which would form 

 a more acceptable gift-book, or a richer orna- 

 ment for the centre-table. Of the Poema 

 themselves it is needless to speak."— Z^ZacZe. 



" In the arts of typography the volume is 

 unsurpassed ; the illustrations are numerous 

 and beautiful, and the binder's skill has done 

 its best. We shall speak oiily of the exter- 

 nals of the volume. Of its contents we will 

 not speak flippantly, nor is it needful that 

 we should say any thing. The name of Mrs. 

 Sigourney is familiar in every cottage in 

 America. She has, we think, been more 

 generally read than any poetess in the coun- 

 try, and her pure fame is reverently cherished 

 by all." — N. 0. Picayune. 



"It is illustrated in the most brilliant 

 manner, and is throughout a gem-volume." — 

 Pa. Inquirer. 



"In this production, however, they have 

 excelled themselves. The illustrations are 

 truly beautiful, and are exquisitely engraved. 

 The entire execution of the volume is a pAsud 

 evidence of the growing superiority of book- 

 making on the part of American publishers." 

 — Dollar Newspaper. 



" This work, so beautifully embellished, 

 and elegantly printed, containing the select 

 writings of one of the most celebrated female 

 poets of America, cannot fail to be received 

 with approbation." — Newburyport Paper. 



"The illustr-ations are truly beautiful, and 

 are exquisitely engraved. They are from 

 designs by Darley, who has risen to high 

 eminence in his department of art. The en- 

 tire execution of the volume is a proud evi- 

 dence of growing superiority in book-making 

 on the part of American publishers. And 

 this liberality has not been displayed upon a 

 work unworthy oi it .''—N.T.Commercial Adv. 



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