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Whittier-land / A Handbook of North Essex, Containing Many Anecdotes of and Poems by John Greenleaf Whittier Never Before Collected.

Chapter 22: SEPARATE POEMS
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About This Book

The volume guides visitors through the North Essex landscape associated with John Greenleaf Whittier, describing his Haverhill birthplace, Amesbury home, and the local sites evoked in his poems. It combines topographical descriptions, biographical anecdotes, and contextual notes that identify persons, places, and rural landmarks mentioned in specific poems. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and sketches, the handbook also includes a chapter examining the poet's sense of humor and a selection of previously uncollected verses. Footnotes and an index provide reference detail, and the author signals an aim to inform visitors and help preserve the homes and sites described.


A LIST OF THE WORKS

OF

John Greenleaf Whittier


Writings of

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER

No edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier is complete and authorized which does not bear the imprint of Houghton Mifflin Company.

COMPLETE WORKS

Riverside Edition. In 7 volumes.

POETRY

1. Narrative and Legendary Poems.

2. Poems of Nature; Poems Subjective and Reminiscent; Religious Poems.

3. Anti-Slavery; Songs of Labor and Reform.

4. Personal Poems; Occasional Poems; Tent on the Beach; Appendix.

PROSE

1. Margaret Smith's Journal; Tales and Sketches.

2. Old Portraits and Modern Sketches; Personal Sketches and Tributes; Historical Papers.

3. The Conflict with Slavery; Politics and Reform; The Inner Life; Criticism.

Each volume, crown 8vo, gilt top; the set, $10.50. With "Life of Whittier" (2 vols.) by Samuel T. Pickard, 9 vols., $14.50.

PROSE WORKS

Riverside Edition. With Notes by the Author, and etched Portrait. 3 vols. crown 8vo, gilt top, $4.50.

POEMS

Riverside Edition. With Portraits, Notes, etc. 4 vols., crown 8vo, gilt top, $6.00.

Handy-Volume Edition. With Portraits, and a View of Whittier's Oak Knoll Home. 4 vols., 16mo, gilt top, in cloth box, $4.00. Bound in full, flexible leather, $10.00.

Cambridge Edition. With a Biographical Sketch, Notes, Index to Titles and First Lines, a Portrait, and an engraving of Whittier's Amesbury Home. Large crown 8vo, gilt top, $2.00.

Library Edition. With Portrait and 8 full-page Photogravures. 8vo, gilt top, $2.50.

Household Edition. With Portrait and Illustrations. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

Cabinet Edition. From new plates, with numbered lines, and Portrait. 16mo, gilt top, $1.00.

SEPARATE POEMS

Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl. Holiday Edition. With eight Photogravures and Portrait. 16mo, gilt top, $1.50.

The Tent on the Beach. Holiday Edition. With rubricated Initials and 12 full-page Photogravure Illustrations by Charles H. Woodbury and Marcia O. Woodbury. 12mo, gilt top, $1.50.

At Sundown. With Portrait and 8 Photogravures. 16mo, gilt top, $1.50.

Legends and Lyrics. 16mo, gilt top, 75 cents.

COMPILATIONS

Birthday Book. With Portrait and 12 Illustrations. 18mo, $1.00.

Calendar Book. 32mo, parchment-paper, 25 cents.

Year Book. With Portrait. 18mo, $1.00.

Text and Verse. For Every Day in the Year. Scripture Passages and Parallel Selections from Whittier's Writings. 32mo, 75 cents.

EDITED BY MR. WHITTIER

Songs of Three Centuries. Library Edition. With 40 full-page Illustrations. 8vo, gilt top, $2.50.

Household Edition. Much enlarged. Crown 8vo, $1.50.

Child-Life. A Collection of Poems for and about Children. New Edition. Finely Illustrated. 4to, $1.50.

Child-Life in Prose. A Volume of Stories, Fancies, and Memories of Child-Life. Finely Illustrated. Crown 8vo, gilt top, $2.00.

Many of the above editions may be had in leather bindings of various styles.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
4 Park Street, Boston.     85 Fifth Ave., New York


Transcriber's Notes

Contents: Added listing for Footnotes.

Some illustrations have been moved to avoid breaking up poems and paragraphs of text. The List of Illustrations displays the original page numbers, but links to the images.

Spaced contractions have been retained from the original book.

Omitted lines of poetry are indicated by a row of 5 dots.

Index: Corrected page references for:
Hussey, Mercy Evans, from 21 to 22.
Whittier, John Greenleaf, portrait at age of forty-nine, from 95 to 97.