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Poetical Works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1855)

Collected verse by one of the literary lights of Victorian Britain, who died young. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

Day and Night Songs; and The Music Master. A Love Poem (1860)

This collection includes “The Faeries” which was illustrated to great effect by Richard Doyle. The cover image is from an 1884 reprint by G. Philip & Son. The text below is from the 1860 edition. Read for free online at Internet Archi... View More

Child Life: A Collection of Poems (1871)

An anthology of poetry intended for children, selected by a poet.

Author(s): John Greenleaf Whittier
Illustrator(s): Various

The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits (1876)

The Bellman, the Baker and their friends succeed, unfortunately, in finding the Snark --it was a Boojum, you see. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): Henry Holiday

The Quiver of Love (1876)

A collection of poems with four pictures each by Crane and Greenaway. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
Kate Greenaway

Christmas Snowflakes (1879)

This is an anthology of amateur American poetry. Read online at Baldwin Library.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

A Holiday Greeting (1880)

A collection of stories and poems. Read online at Baldwin Library.

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox

The First of May: A Fairy Masque (1881)

A tour de force of illustration, the writing not so much. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): John R. Wise
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

London Lyrics (1881)

Poems by a friend of Thackeray, frequently with a satiric twist. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Little Ann and Other Poems (1882)

Forty-two poems by the author of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and her sister. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Ann Taylor
Jane Taylor
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

London Lyrics (1883)

Poems by a friend of Thackeray, frequently with a satiric twist. This edition has three illustrations by Caldecott. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Language of Flowers (1884)

Includes a list of flowers and their meanings, a list of sentiments and which flowers express them and a selection of flower poems. Read online at archve.org.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Various
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

A Child’s Garden of Verses (1885)

‘In winter I get up at nightAnd dress by yellow candle-light.In summer, quite the other way,I have to go to bed by day.’ And sixty-three other well-known poems. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s): None

Marigold Garden: Pictures and Rhymes (1885)

A collection of original poems and pictures. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

Dream Land (1886)

A collection of poetry and prose intended for schools. Includes a Palmer Cox mouse story. Read online at Baldwin Library.... View More

Author(s): Palmer Cox
Various
Illustrator(s): Palmer Cox
Various

Rhymes for the Young Folk (1886)

A collection of poems by the author of “The Fairies.” Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Flora’s Feast: A Masque of Flowers (1889)

Humanized flowers. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Renascence: A Book of Verse (1891)

A book of collected verse. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

Lullaby Land, Songs of Childhood (1894)

Poems selected and introduced by Kenneth Grahame. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Eugene Field
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Charles Robinson

A Book of Christmas Verse (1895)

An anthology that begins with St. Ambrose. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Henry Charles Beeching
Various
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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