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World"s Best Poetry, Volume 1: Home and Friendship (Part 1), The by Various
The first of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the first of two parts, includes a trove of poetry about home and family life, focusing especially on verses about children, verses for children, and fun for little folk. It also includes a general introduction to the series by Carman himself, as well as an introductory essay to the volume by University of Chicago English professor William Darnall MacClintock (1858-1936). (Summary by Tomas
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The Elf and the Dormouse by Oliver Herford
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The Frost by Hannah Flagg Gould
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A Mortifying Mistake by Anna Maria Pratt
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The Wind in a Frolic by William Howitt
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Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson
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A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore
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The Owl and the Pussy-cat by Edward Lear
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Under My Window by Thomas Westwood
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Fairy Days by William Makepeace Thackeray
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The Wind by Robert Louis Stevenson
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The Smack in School by William Pitt Palmer
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A Little Dutch Garden by Harriet Whitney Durbin
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The Man in the Moon by James Whitcomb Riley
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Old-School Punishment by Anonymous
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From 'Max and Maurice' by Wilhelm Busch
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The First Rose of Summer by Oliver Herford
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There Was a Little Girl by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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