(THOMPSON, Francis).

The Child Set in the Midst by Modern Poets.

Edited by Wilfrid Meynell. With a facsimile of Coventry Patrmore’s manuscript of “The Toys” First edition, second issue. 8vo., original dark brown black cloth. London: The Leadenhall Press, n.d, 1892.

£60.00

On front pastedown is an attractive notice that “This book is now supplied by Elkin Mathews Vigo St. W.C.“ Contains four poems by Thompson, his first appearance in a book. Meynell’s introduction doesn’t hold back on Thompson “who has eluded fame as long as Shelley did, but cannot elude it longer … a new personality in Poetry, the last discovered of the Immortals.” No pressure on Francis then … Other contemporary poets represented were Cosmo Monkhouse, W. E. Henley, “Graham R. Tomson,“ and Katharine Tynan. A very good copy.

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