1918. From the Preface: This book is designed to serve as a kind of compendium or manual, not only for students and teachers, but for the general reader who takes interest in the materials and history of the higher English poetry, and seeks a simple statement of its principles in relation to life, conduct, and art. Contents include: The Principles of Poetry; English Poetry Progress and Masterpieces: Historical Basis; and a selection of Poetry from The Fourteenth through The Nineteenth Centuries. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.