The Bellman book of verse, 1906-1919

Bellman Company, William C. (William Crowell) Edgar

Description

/oV BELLMANTHE VERSEOFBOOK 1906—1919 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2007 with funding from IVIicrosoft Corporation http://www.archive.org/details/bellmanbookofverOObellrich BellmanThe VerseofBook 1906-1919 » »o» -- and Edited byChosen C. EDGARWILLIAM Editor of The Bellmanlate S. A.Minneapolis, Minn., U. CompanyThe Bellman 1919 ''K i !- ; ,t»pyrigKt 1919 by The Bellman Company TO A. R. E. THE bellman's BEST FRIEND AND A DISCRIMINATING READER OF GOOD VERSE, WHO SUGGESTED THE PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK. M40515 PREFACE first manuscript submitted to and the firstTHE Several shortbought by The Bellman was verse. apoems by Arthur Upson, purchased through mutual friend, the late Mr. Edmund D. Brooks, were acquired and put aside for subsequent use almost a year before the first number of The Bellman was printed. was part of his original plan to give room toIt a supply ofpoetry, on the theory that there was an ample good material being produced in America which, at that time, did not find much opportunity of acceptance, the periodicals publishing verse being limited and ap- parently disposed to use it chiefly as a sort of stop-gap, to fill in otherwise vacant spaces bottom of theat the pages. This plan was. discouraged by the earlier sub-editors of The Bellman, who contended that he could not afford to pay sufficient to secure really high-class poetry and certainly did not desire to print any other.

Sujets

• American poetry
• 20th century

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 11 Mo

Extrait

/oVBELLMANTHE
VERSEOFBOOK
1906—1919Digitized by the Internet Archive
in 2007 with funding from
IVIicrosoft Corporation
http://www.archive.org/details/bellmanbookofverOObellrichBellmanThe
VerseofBook
1906-1919
» »o» --
and Edited byChosen
C. EDGARWILLIAM
Editor of The Bellmanlate
S. A.Minneapolis, Minn., U.
CompanyThe Bellman
1919''K i !- ; ,t»pyrigKt 1919
by
The Bellman CompanyTO
A. R. E.
THE bellman's BEST FRIEND
AND A
DISCRIMINATING READER
OF GOOD VERSE,
WHO SUGGESTED THE
PUBLICATION OF
THIS BOOK.
M40515