We have examined many other collections, but we cannot
name another that deserves to be compared with this admirable
compilation."--_Worcester Spy_.
"The special value of the book lies in the fact that it nearly or
quite covers the entire field. There is not a great deal of good
poetry which has been written for children that cannot be found in
this book. The collection is particularly strong in ballads and
tales, which are apt to interest children more than poems of other
kinds; and Mr. Coates has shown good judgment in supplementing this
department with some of the best poems of that class that have been
written for grown people. A surer method of forming the taste of
children for good and pure literature than by reading to them from
any portion of this book can hardly be imagined. The volume is
richly illustrated and beautifully bound."--_Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin_.
"A more excellent volume cannot be found. We have found within the
covers of this handsome volume, and upon its fair pages, many of
the most exquisite poems which our language contains. It must
become a standard volume, and can never grow old or
obsolete."--_Episcopal Recorder_.
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF THOS. HOOD. With engravings on steel. 4 vols.,
12mo., tinted paper. Poetical Works; Up the Rhine; Miscellanies and
Hood's Own; Whimsicalities, Whims, and Oddities.
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