An anthology intended for junior and middle form pupils
pt. 1. [A book of chosen verses, of cogitation, browsing, dreaming, and occasional imitation] -- pt. 1A. A book of poems of incident and narration -- pt. 2. A book of English poems, standard and modern, with helps to contemplation and mild incitements to emulation -- pt. 3. A book of longer poems from Geoffrey Chaucer to Francis Thompson -- pt. 4. Poems of yesterday and to-day
Contemporary specimens of compositions, accompanied by explanatory or supplementary letters by the authors themselves, describing their methods, habits of writing, revisions, etc. cf. Pref
