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"The Household Book of Poetry." Saturday Press. 27 Nov. 1858: 2.

Type: newspaper ; Genre: literary criticism

Abstract

This article is a review of Mr. Dana's collection of poetry, The Household Book of Poetry. Dana's poetic taste, the selected poems and poets, and Dana's Preface are commented on. The review highlights certain included poets and notes that Southern authors and poets are almost universally excluded from the volume.

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Curtis, George William [pages: 2]

The review of Dana's The Household Book of Poetry discusses Curtis's inclusion in the volume and cites one of his more "peculiar" contributions (2).

Stoddard, Richard Henry [pages: 2]

Stoddard is listed as one of the poet's included in Dana's The Household Book of Poetry.