FA The Dog in Poetry Spaniel Hound Greyhound Stag 1893
The Dog in Poetry Edited by R Maynard Leonard, 1893,minor wear to
extremities of boards,slight foxing to endpapers, original owners
bookplate,otherwise VGC.300 pages.
A feast of Victorian Dog poetry! Some superb period stuff in which the
dog has a somewhat sentimental,heroic role.Also contains a directory
of breeds mentioned in the poetry,and another of Dog names used in the
poems...when did you last encounter a dog called Towser? Also contains
two versions of Bedd Gelert, the famous tale of Prince Llywelyn of
Wales's faithful hound,unjustly slain by his master.
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date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:36:55 -0000
author: AlisEvans
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