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anslations_ 0 1 6 D.G. ROSSETTI, _Poetical Works_ 0 3 6 Christina Rossetti, _Selected Poems_: Golden Treasury Series 0 2 6 James Thomson, _City of Dreadful Night_ 0 3 6 Jean Ingelow, _Poems_: Red Letter Library 0 1 6 William Morris, _The Earthly Paradise_ 0 6 0 William Morris, _Early Romances_: Everyman's Library 0 1 0 Augusta Webster, _Selected Poems_ 0 4 6 W.E. Henley, _Poetical Works_ 0 6 0 Francis Thompson, _Selected Poems_ 0 5 0 __________ L5 7 0 Poets whom I have omitted after hesitation are: Ebenezer Elliott, Thomas Woolner, William Barnes, Gerald Massey, and Charles Jeremiah Wells. On the other hand, I have had no hesitation about omitting David Moir, Felicia Hemans, Aytoun, Sir Edwin Arnold, and Sir Lewis Morris. I have included John Keble in deference to much enlightened opinion, but against my inclination. There are two names in the list which may be somewhat unfamiliar to many readers. James Clarence Mangan is the author of _My Dark Rosaleen_, an acknowledged masterpiece, which every library must contain. T.E. Brown is a great poet, recognised as such by a few hundred people, and assuredly destined to a far wider fame. I have included FitzGerald because _Omar Khayyam_ is much less a translation than an original work. SUMMARY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. 83 prose-writers, in 141 volumes, costing L9 10 7 38 poets " 46 " " 5 7 0 __ ___ __________ 121 187 L14 17 7 GRAND SUMMARY OF COMPLETE LIBRARY. Authors. Volumes. Price. 1. To Dryden 48 72 L5 9 0 2. Eighteenth Century 57 78 6 8 0 3. Nineteenth Century 121 187 14 17 7 ___ ___ ________ 226 337 L26 14 7 I think it will be agreed that the total cost of this library is surprisingly small. By laying out the s
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