POST-LAUREATE IDYLS AND OTHER POEMS. 16mo, cloth, gilt top, 1.00;
vegetable parchment, 1.50.
The Post-Laureate Idyls are ten parodies of Tennyson’s “Idyls of the
King” whose themes are taken from Mother Goose Melodies. The Other
Poems are “A Tale of Tuscany,” “The Legend of the Golden Lotus,”
fifteen lyrics and eight sonnets.
“The dexterity and cleverness with which Mr. Adams has made the old
rhymes serve his turn is amazing. The humor is delicate and unfailing
throughout, while the verse is smooth and flowing, with graceful and
liquid cadence. Mr. Adams is too truly a poet, however, to deal in pure
burlesque, and there runs through all the pleasantry of these pages a
touch of sadness, like the echo of the pain of the lays they travesty.
They could not be better done. The lyrics and sonnets which end the
volume are marked by sweetness and delicacy.”—ARLO BATES in _Boston
Courier_.
“He is a poet of high aims and conscientious execution.”—_New York
Nation._
“Post-Laureate Idyls and Other Poems is a book of genuine poetic spirit
and almost flawless workmanship.”—_Boston Advertiser._
“Witty, quaint, charming ... the best things I can think of in the line
of respectful parody.”—MRS. LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON.
“There are dozens of passages which would impose upon the sharpest
members of any Tennysonian club, so like they are to the style and
expression of the master.”—_Boston Transcript._
ADAMS (Robert C.).
HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN RHYME. 16mo, .50.
ON BOARD THE ROCKET.[A] 12mo, 1.00. (3)
HISTORY OF THE U. S. IN RHYME. 16mo, .50.
[A] A series of blue water yarns, spun by an old sailor, who makes as
effective use of the pen—as the mate of a Liverpool liner, in the days
when sails ruled—did of the belaying pin.
BATES (Clara Doty).
ÆSOP’S FABLES (Versified). With 72 full-page illustrations by Garrett,
Lungren, Sweeney, Barnes and Hassam. Quarto cloth, 1.50. (4)
“Mrs. Bates has turned the wit and wisdom in a dozen of Æsop’s Fables
into jolly rhythmical narratives, whose good humor will be appreciated
by wide-awake young people.”—_Boston Journal._
“The illustrations introduce all classes of subjects, and are original
and superior work.”—_Boston Globe._