FENTON, George Livingston, M. A.
The Canary and Other Poems.
FENTON, George Livingston, M. A.
The Canary and Other Poems.
Small book label of the school master, Moray Library Poet (three titles, more than any other author), and inveterate biblio-pest, Thomas Hutchinson. Tipped onto the dedication page is an Autograph Letter Signed, 3 1/4 pp., 16mo, 24 June 1895, from the author to Hutchinson about their Moray Library titles and the series itself: “I have a distinct recollection of your three volumes in the ‘Moray Library’–I wish the publisher had fulfilled his promise of a little case to hold the Series distinct… . My ‘Canary’ had a somewhat graver note than the ‘Bookworm’ [and] ‚‘Notes and Jingles’ perhaps, but probably more in accordance with Mr. Murray’s intentions.– … .My late friend Hon. Roden Noel agrees in your preference for the ‘Sonnets.’–… .What became of your ‘Shelley?’“
Wrappers unevenly soiled but a clean and tight copy otherwise.
