64290 82108 T8 PREFACE 'HE object of this anthology is to bring together THE a collection of English, Scotch, and Irish poems for the use and amusement of boys and girls of our own ages, that is, from six to sixteen. Many of us have not either time or opportunity to pick out our favourite poems from the publications of their different authors, and we hope that this anthology will help others to know and like our favourites at home, and not to think of them. as only school lessons, to be forgotten as soon as class is over. We have not put in any Browning except HomeThoughts, from the Sea, because, though many grown-up people prefer Browning to any other Spoet, the boys and girls we know do not like his poems. 3. ANSFER FROM We have arranged the poems in three Parts, in the order in which we think boys and girls will like to read them. We have been told that some people will not agree with us-for instance, in putting The Eagle into Part I; but we liked the poem when we were 3 A 2 |
