THE STUDENTS' SERIES OF STANDARD POETRY.
Reading edition
EDITED BY W. J. ROLFE, A.M.
☞ All these books are equally suited to the use of the student, and that of the general reader. They should have a place in every library, public or private. Price 75 cents each.
I. SCOTT'S LADY OF THE LAKE.
The text is correctly printed for the first time in fifty years. The notes (88 pp.) include Scott's and Lockhart's, and are fuller than in any other edition, English or American. The illustrations are mainly of the scenery of the poem, from sketches made on the spot.
II. TENNYSON'S THE PRINCESS.
The notes (50 pp.) give the history of the poem, all the readings of the earlier editions, selected comments by the best English and American critics, full explanations of all allusions, &c. The illustrations are from the elegant Holiday edition.
III. SELECT POEMS OF TENNYSON.
Including the Lady of Shalott, the Miller's Daughter, Œnone, the Lotos-Eaters, The Palace of Art, A Dream of Fair Women, Morte d'Arthur, The Talking Oak, Ulysses, Locksley Hall, The Two Voices, St. Agnes' Eve, Sir Galahad, The Brook, &c. The text is from the latest English edition (1884). The notes (50 pp.) include a careful collation of the earlier editions, with explanatory and critical comments. The illustrations are of high character.
IV. SCOTT'S MARMION.
With copious Notes and introductory matter. The text is now correctly printed for the first time.
V. YOUNG PEOPLE'S TENNYSON.
Containing a great number of the works of the Poet Laureate most adapted to young readers, with interesting commentaries and cuts.
VI. BYRON'S CHILDE HAROLD.
A new and carefully annotated edition of this great poem, with many fine illustrations from the Holiday edition.
VII. SCOTT'S THE LAY OF THE LAST MINSTREL.
Beautifully illustrated and copiously annotated, with the most lovely scenes along the Scottish border.