| Description |
304 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Added t.p., engraved, with vignette. |
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Forms part of the personal library materials in the Joseph and Elizabeth Robins Pennell Collection. DLC |
| Contents |
Blanche Evelyn -- The Oriental love-letter -- Amelia; or, the unexpected meeting -- The infant Shakespeare -- On a little girl -- Canzonet -- Hortense -- From the Slavonian -- Sonnet -- The old gallant -- The well of beauty -- Kindness -- Mary; or, the broken sixpence -- Gipsy children caught in a storm -- Redwood; or, heur et malheur -- Lines written for an album -- Angeline and Faustina; or, the trial of love -- The seven hearts of Conde -- Lines -- Worldly wisdom -- Brother Francis and the pilgrim -- Irish Mary: a song -- Ma muette -- On a child asleep -- The woes of praise -- Pan-Hoei-Pan, the Chinese blue-stocking -- The pearl-hilted poignard -- The mountain child -- Nina Morinetta : an incident of travel -- Recall me not -- Carolina; or, the fair incognita -- Teresina. |
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Illustrations: Frontispiece -- Vignette -- Hortense -- Mary ; or the broken sixpence -- The trial of love -- Irish Mary -- Pan-Hoei-Pan, the Chinese blue-stocking -- Nina Morinetta -- Carolina -- Teresina. |
| Summary |
"To bring together a collection of productions in the departments of fiction and poetry which deserve to be classed as gems--which unite the novelty that attracts the reader with the solid merit that will satisfy the critic--is not so easy a matter as may be imagined. Yet, all this is required to constitute an Annual of the first class of literary merit. The Editor of this volume has attempted nothing less. The reader will judge of his success. He is sure of one thing, viz. : that for variety, both of subjects and styles of composition, few books of its class can compare with this; and the names of the authors, if given, would command attention. This book is submitted to the patrons of annual literature, with confidence in its capability of diffusing pleasure through many thousand family circles"--Preface, page iii. |
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English literature.
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English literature. |
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American literature.
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American literature. |
| Added Title |
Choice gems for the home circle |
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