ABSTRACT
The little volume of ‘Love Poems of John Donne’, recently issued in a limited edition by the Riverside Press, is of unusual interest on several accounts. In the first place, its outward appearance is such that no lover of fine bookmaking could fail to rejoice in its possession/Then it gives us in convenient form perhaps the best work of a poet not easily accessible to the casual present-day reader. Finally, the name of Charles Eliot Norton on the title-page, as editor, would insure permanent value to a much less interesting publication than this. Professor Norton is the fortunate owner of some Donne manuscripts, and he has utilized these so far as they go in collating the present text. He contributes also a short but illuminating introduction, and a few necessary notes. It is not to be supposed that Donne will ever be very widely read or appreciated, but this little book should do much to make his work better known among poetry lovers. The volume is a slender duodecimo in form, printed from Caslon type on antique handmade paper, and bound in paper-covered boards with parchment back.
