Mr. Longfellow's poems have been published in various popular editions, complete at the date of their issue, as follows: the "Blue and Gold" edition in two volumes; the "Diamond," "Red Line," "Household," and "Library" editions, each in a single volume; and the "Cambridge" edition, in four volumes. Their sale has ranged from about 10,000 copies of the costlier editions to nearly 200,000 of the cheapest edition; viz., the "Diamond." The sale of Mr. Longfellow's poems has been greater than that of the works of any other American poet, and very much greater than that of the poems of any Englishman except Shakspeare and perhaps Tennyson. 66 'Longfellow Leaflets" is the title of a collection of short poems and prose passages from the poet's writings, selected for school use. [Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., 1881.] The first work in the series entitled "American Classics for Schools" is a selection of Longfellow's poems, edited by Horace E. Scudder. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., 1882.] A very pretty "Longfellow Birthday Book,” compiled by Miss Charlotte Fiske Bates, was published by Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., in 1881. A volume of selections from the prose and poetry of Longfellow has also been edited by Miss Bates. It is entitled "Seven Voices of Sympathy," and is published by the firm mentioned above. Mr. Longfellow's beautiful poem inspired by the death of James T. Fields, and entitled "Auf Wiedersehen," was published in The Atlantic Monthly for June, 1881. After the publication of "Ultima Thule," Mr. Longfellow published in The New-York Independent a poem on Garfield; and in The Century for February, 1882, "Hermes Trismegistus." A posthumous poem entitled "Mad River” was published in The Atlantic Monthly for May, 1882. It was supposed to be the only poem left by the poet in manuscript unpublished; but another entitled "Decoration Day" appeared in The Atlantic Monthly for June, 1882. A volume of Mr. Longfellow's later poems, comprising all that were written after the appearance of "Ultima Thule," is soon to appear. Its title, "In the Harbor," was selected by Mr. Longfellow himself, with touching allusion to his old age, and with premonition of his coming death. By its sub-title it will be described as Part Second of the volume "Ultima Thule." At the close of 1880 Houghton, Mifflin, & Co. published in two quarto volumes a superb edition de luxe of the complete poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It contains about six hundred illustrations on wood, and a steel portrait engraved by Marshall. Among the artists who helped to make the work are F. O. C. Darley, George H. Boughton, F. S. Church, Mary Hallock Foote, John La Farge, and others. Few poets have ever been so lavishly illustrated. One feature of the work is the faithfulness of the pictures to actual local scenery. For instance, the designs illustrating Evangeline represent actual scenes in Grand Pré and other localities mentioned in the poem, and the costumes are those of Acadie one hundred and fifty years ago. The numerous half-titles and the vignette headpieces and tail-pieces are of most delicate and intricate workmanship. The books are printed on thick, toned paper, made, like the type itself, especially for this edition. It is known that these superb volumes gave great pleasure to the poet. Had their contents no literary merit, they would command high praise as works of fine art; for almost all of the six hundred engravings are gems executed in every detail with the utmost skill: and, combined as they are with the purest poetic productions of the English language, the volumes become unsurpassed representatives of American literature and of the typographical and artistic skill of the nineteenth century. In 1845 Huntington of Philadelphia published a costly illustrated edition of Longfellow's Poems. In 1846 the Harpers of New York published a collection of Longfellow's Poems in cheap form. Bogue of London published elegant editions of Evangeline, the Poems, The Golden Legend, and Hyperion. To prepare original designs for these London books, the artist, Birket Foster, made a special tour on the Continent. Cassell, Petter, Galpin, & Co., of London, have also published an edition de luxe of Evangeline, concerning which Mr. Longfellow wrote: "It is a very handsome book, and the paper and print remind me of the publications of Bodoni, the famous printer of Parma, who gloried in his art. The illustrations by Mr. Dicksee are very beautiful; particularly the face of Evangeline, so characteristic and expressive, pleases and touches me. I beg you to convey to him my thanks and my congratulations on his successful work." In 1882 the John W. Lovell Co., of New York, taking advantage of the expiration of the copyright of the original edition of OutreMer and Hyperion, issued both these works in pamphlet form at twenty cents each. Immediately Houghton, Mifflin, & Co., of Boston, Longfellow's own publishers, issued the same works in equally attractive form at fifteen cents each, at the same time announcing the Lovell edition as an infringement of copyright; Mr. Lovell, it being said, having used a revised recopyrighted edition instead of the original, in making his reprint. Whatever may be the result to the publishers, the sale of the two books received a great impetus, and many thousand copies were sold in a few weeks. Baxter, James P., poem by, 315-319. Benevolence, 157-162, 214, 218. Birthday Book, the Longfellow, 126. ANECDOTES AND LETTERS, 167-258. Blake, J. Vila, poem by, 330, 331. Apt quotation, an, 203. 154, 220, 248. Book Bulletin, 253, 254, 299, 300. Brooks, Rev. Phillips, D.D., 304. Arm-chair, the children's, 117–121, Brunton, William, sonnet, 322. Argyll, Duke of, 178, 219, 233. Atlantic Monthly, 33-35, 109, 207. "Auf Wiedersehen," 361. Autographs, 223, 242, 243. Bryant, William C., 9, 28, 107, 132, 217-219, 258, 260, 277. "Building of the Ship, The," 81. Bunner, H. C., poem by, 326. "Autumnal Nightfall," 336, 338, 339. Byfield, Mass., 12, 15, 16, 230. Cambridge, removal to, 39; resi- | Dana, Richard H., note of, 216. dence in, 46–54, 193, 232, 243-248; Canada, influence in, 278, 279. "Children of the Lord's Supper, Dante, 96-103; in Dutch, 252, 253; translator of, 270; sonnet on, 271. Dazey, Charles T., sonnet, 323. "Decoration Day," 361. Degrees conferred, 104, 105. Dickens, Charles, 214; autograph "Dirge over a Nameless Grave," Ditson, Oliver, & Co., 187. Childs, George W., letter to, 187; "Divine Comedy, The," transla- incident told by, 248, 249. Clark, Henry H., reminiscences, 22, Conover, O. M., poem of, attributed Craigie House, 46-54; age of, 50; tion of, 96-102; Professor C. E. Dobson, Austin, poem by, 328. EARLY POEMS, 335-352. England, a favorite poet in, 147, 182, 66 objects of interest in, 52-54; old" Estray, The," 73, 355. Curtis, George W., 33, 34, 46, 81, 94, 96, 97, 130, 134, 135, 220, 356. 'Evangeline," 73–79, 230, 266, 355; explanation of, 202, 203; parodies Faed's "Evangeline," 73. Favorite sculptures, 167, 168. Fields, James T., 161, 181, 182, 190. "Five of Clubs, The," 171, 172. Funeral services, 129–133. Hayne, Paul H.,poems, 312, 332, 333. "Hiawatha," 84-90, 355; popularity Hickok, Eliza M., poem by, 327. Holmes, Dr. O. W., 5, 9, 34, 35, 65, 66 Garfield sonnet, anecdote, 151, 152. Hospitality, 141, 299. Houghton, Lord, anecdote of, 232. German verse, faithful translator Howells, William D., 61, 129, 130, of, 268-270. Germany, popularity in, 291. Gilman, Arthur, 234. "Golden Legend, The," 81-84, 102, 227, 276, 304, 355. Gray, Rev. George Z., D.D., 304. Hale, Rev. Edward E., 42, 43. Harvard College, 40-44, 63. |