This anthology, collected by Edmund Gosse, contains Swinburns various poems which are addressed to children, or are descriptive of child life. They are here decorated with the delicate and romantic illustrations of Arthur Rackham. Writer Edmund Gosse told Rackham,"This volume will not merely be the best book of the present art-season, but a joy to all sensitive people for years and years to come." Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in childrens literature. We are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality, colour editions, using the original...

This anthology, collected by Edmund Gosse, contains Swinburn's various poems which are addressed to children, or are descriptive of child life. They are here decorated with the delicate and romantic illustrations of Arthur Rackham. Writer Edmund Gosse told Rackham,"This volume will not merely be the best book of the present art-season, but a joy to all sensitive people for years and years to come." Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. We are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality, colour editions, using the original...

Originally published in 1927, this book contains a selection of Swinburne's poetry for the general reader. The text was created with the aim of 'representing the variable and inconsistent quality of Swinburne's genius'. An editorial introduction is also included, together with explanatory notes. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Swinburne's poetry and nineteenth-century literature.