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The poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow / selected, and edited with a commentary, by Louis Untermeyer ; illustrated with wood-engravings by Boyd Hanna.

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Format:: Book
Author/Creator:: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882, author.
Contributor:: Untermeyer, Louis, 1885-1977, editor.; Hanna, Boyd, illustrator.; Heritage Press (New York, N.Y.), publisher.
Series:: American poets (Heritage Press (New York, N.Y.)); The American poets
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: American poetry--19th century.; American poetry.
Genre:: Private press books (Publishing) -- Heritage Press (New York, N.Y.); Juvenile works.; Private press books (Printing); Poetry.
Penn Provenance:: Vilain, Jean-François, 1942- (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy); Wieck, Roger S. (donor) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy); Friel, John Whiting (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy); Friel, Helen Otillie (bookplate) (Vilain-Wieck Collection copy)
Physical Description:: 4 unnumbered pages, ix-xxiii, 444 pages : color frontispiece (portrait), color illustrations, color plates ; 26 cm.
Place of Publication:: New York : The Heritage Press, 1943.
Contents:: I. The song of Hiawatha: The editor's commentary; Introduction; The peace pipe; The four winds; Hiawatha's childhood; Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis; Hiawatha's fasting; Hiawatha's friends; Hiawatha's sailing; Hiawatha's fishing; Hiawatha and the pearl-feather; Hiawatha's wooing; Hiawatha's wedding-feast; The son of the evening star; Blessing of the cornfields; Picture-writing; Hiawatha's lamentation; Pau-Puk-Keewis; The hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis; The death of Kwasind; The ghosts; The famine; The white-man's foot; Hiawatha's departure; II. Lyrics and ballads: The editor's commentary; The village blacksmith; To the River Charles; Endymion; The light of stars; Serenade (from "The Spanish student"); The arrow and the song; The psalm of life; Afternoon in February; Curfew; The skeleton in armor; God's-acre; Footsteps of angels; The old clock on the stairs; The reaper and the flowers; The slave in the dismal swamp; The slave's dream; Carillon; The day is done; The rainy day; An April day; Rain in Summer; The warning; The wreck of the Hesperus; Woods in Winter; Prelude; Excelsior; Mezzo Cammin; Nuremberg; The arsenal at Springfield; The belfry at Bruges; The bridge; Autumn; Hymn to the night; The beleaguered city; Burial of the Minnisink; III. Evangeline: The editor's commentary; Part the first; Part the second; IV. The courtship of Miles Standish: The editor's commentary; Miles Standish; Love and friendship; The lover's errand; John Alden; The sailing of the Mayflower; Priscilla; The march of Miles Standish; The spinning-wheel; The wedding-day; Birds of passage: The editor's commentary; Children; The herons of Elmwood; Catawba wine; Daylight and moonlight; Oliver Basselin; The warden of the Cinque Ports; Daybreak; My lost youth; The Cumberland; The discoverer of the North Cape.; Bird's of passage; The phantom ship; The children's hour; A Dutch picture; The Jewish cemetery at Newport; Sandalphon; A day of sunshine; From "The golden legend": The editor's commentary; The Nativity: Introitus; Heaven; Mary at the well; The angels of the seven planets; The wise men of the East; The flight into Egypt; The slaughter of the innocents; Jesus at play with his schoolmates; The village school; Crowned with flowers; Epilogue; VII. Tales of a wayside inn: The editor's commentary; Prelude: The wayside inn; The landlord's tale: Paul Revere's ride; Interlude; The student's tale: The falcon of Ser Federigo; The Spanish Jew's tale: The legend of Rabbi Ben Levi; The Sicilian's tale: King Robert of Sicily; The musician's tale: The saga of King Olaf: The challenge of Thor; King Olaf's return; Thora of Rimol; Queen Sigrid the Haughty; The Skerry of shrieks; The wraith of Odin; Iron-beard; Gudrun; Thangbrand the priest; Raud the strong; Bishop Sigurd of Salten Fiord; King Olaf's Christmas; The building of the long serpent; The crew of the long serpent; A little bird in the air; Queen Thyri and the Angelica Stalks; King Svend of the Forked Beard; KIng Olaf's war-horns; Einar Tamberskelver; King Olaf's death-drink; The nun of Nidaros; The theologian's tale: Torquemada; The poet's tale: The birds of Killingworth; Finale; The theologian's second tale: Elizabeth; VIII. The seaside and the fireside: The editor's commentary; Hawthorne; To-morrow; Killed at the Ford; Travels by the fireside; Seaweed; Twilight; The wind over the chimney; Changed; Pegasus in pound; Song; King Witlaf's drinking-horn.; The fire of drift-wood; The secret of the sea; The building of the ship; XI. Later peoms: Ultima Thule: The editor's commentary; Maiden and weathercock; The bells of San Blas; The poet and his songs; Morituri Salutamus; The potter's wheel (from "Keramos"); Jugurtha; Autumn within; The tide rises, the tide falls; In the churchyard at Tarrytown; A summer day by the sea; Nature; Venice; Sleep; A nameless grave; The broken oar; The cross of snow; The sound of the sea; The poets; Chaucer; Shakespeare; Milton; Keats; Divina Commedia; The three silences of Molinos.
Notes:: "This book is copyright, 1943, by the Heritage Press"--verso of title page.; In slipcase.
Local Notes:: Athenaeum copy: Gift: David Appel.; Kislak Center Vilain-Wieck Collection of Private Presses copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014.
Cited in:: Ransom, W. Selective check lists of press books, 72 (page 97)
Other Format:: Online version: Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
OCLC:: 1397170

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