"I, Phoebus, sang those songs that gained so much renown,
I, Phoebus, sang them; Homer only wrote them down."
BULFINCH, THOMAS.
The Age of Fable.
Edited by E.E. Hale.
Lothrop. 1.25
This book is an enlarged and revised edition of a book published,
with the same title, by the late Thomas Bulfinch, of Boston, in
the year 1855.... What Mr. Bulfinch wanted to do, and succeeded
in doing, was to connect the old stories with modern literature.
His book, therefore, not only interests young people in the
classical authors, but it turns their attention to many of the
best authors of their own language and of our time.--_Preface._
In the revision the list of poets cited has been increased from forty
to sixty-three, and the portion treating of Northern, Oriental, and
Egyptian mythologies, rewritten. The illustrations are from classical
sources.
POETRY, COLLECTIONS OF POETRY AND PROSE, AND STORIES ADAPTED FROM (p. 213)
GREAT AUTHORS
And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.
SHAKSPERE.
NORTON, C.E. (Editor).
Heart of Oak Books. Volume VII.
Masterpieces of Literature.
Heath. .60
The youth who shall become acquainted with the contents of these
volumes will share in the common stock of the intellectual life
of the race to which he belongs; and will have the door opened to
him of all the vast and noble resources of that life.--_Preface._
SCOTT, WALTER.
The Lady of the Lake.
Edited by W.J. Rolfe.
Houghton. .75
The ancient manners, the habits and customs of the aboriginal
race by whom the Highlands of Scotland were inhabited, had always
appeared to me peculiarly adapted to poetry. The change in their
manners, too, had taken place almost within my own time, or at
least I had learned many particulars concerning the ancient state
of the Highlands from the old men of the last generation. I had
always thought the old Scottish Gael highly adapted for poetical
composition.... I had also read a great deal, seen much, and
heard more, of that romantic country where I was in the habit of
spending some time every Autumn; and the scenery of Loch (p. 214)
Katrine was connected with the recollection of many a dear friend
and merry expedition of former days. This poem, the action of
which lay among scenes so beautiful and so deeply imprinted on my
recollections, was a labor of love, and it was no less so to
recall the manners and incidents introduced. The frequent custom
of James IV, and particularly of James V, to walk through their
kingdom in disguise, afforded me the hint of an incident which
never fails to be interesting if managed with the slightest
address or dexterity.--_Introduction to the Edition of 1830._
The Lady of the Lake was first published in 1810. This edition has
many notes by Mr. Rolfe.
SCOTT, WALTER.
The Lay of the Last Minstrel.
Edited by W.J. Rolfe.
Houghton. .75
The Poem, now offered to the Public, is intended to illustrate
the customs and manners which anciently prevailed on the Borders
of England and Scotland.... The date of the Tale itself is about
the middle of the sixteenth century, when most of the personages
actually flourished. The time occupied by the action is Three
Nights and Three Days.--_Original Preface._
The Lay of the Last Minstrel was first published in 1805. This edition
has many notes by Mr. Rolfe.
SCOTT, WALTER.
Marmion.
Edited by W.J. Rolfe.
Houghton. .75
The present story turns upon the private adventures of a
fictitious character, but is called a Tale of Flodden Field,
because the hero's fate is connected with that memorable (p. 215)
defeat and the causes which led to it.... The poem opens about
the commencement of August, and concludes with the defeat of
Flodden, 9th September, 1513.--_Original Preface._
Marmion was first published in 1818. This edition has many notes by
Mr. Rolfe.
SCUDDER, H.E. (Editor).
American Poems.
Houghton. 1.00
Longfellow, Whittier, Bryant, Holmes, Lowell, and Emerson, are
represented in this collection by poems with which every American boy
and girl should be familiar. The volume, which has biographical
sketches and notes by Mr. Scudder, was prepared in the interests of
young people, to encourage in them a taste for the best literature.
Evangeline, Snow-Bound, Sella, Grandmother's Story, The Vision of Sir
Launfal, and The Adirondacks, are included in the contents.