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1 Colby Quarterly Volume 8 Issue 7 September Article 8 September 1969 Robinson Books and Periodicals: III Richard Cary Follow this and additional works at: Recommended Citation Colby Library Quarterly, series 8, no.7, September 1969, pg This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Quarterly by an authorized administrator of Digital Colby. For more information, please contact mfkelly@colby.edu.

2 Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: III I Colby Library Quarterly 399 ROBINSO,N BOOKS AND PERIODICALS: By RICHARD CARY nstallments I & II of this annotated registry (see preceding issues of CLQ), present all published materials in the Colby College Library written by Edwin Arlington Robinson and by others which are inscribed by him. This segment lists the publications written and inscribed by others. Only items of :evidenced association with Robinson are here included; numerous volumes belonging to his parents and brothers - available to him but which he mayor may not have read - are omitted, as are many books which he received and p,assed along to friends without mark of the transition. A strong proportion of the titles are eventuations of worksin-progress by Robinson's contemporaries at the MacDowell Colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, where he spent the assertedly finest creative hours of his life. As his letters attest, he dutifully read and commented on these books, leaving, however, no personal trace within their covers. VI. III BOOKS BY OTHERS: INSCRIBED BY OTHERS Aiken, Conrad. Scepticisms. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, "This book was given to me by / Edwin Arlington Robinson in the / summer of It was a / presentation copy, sent him / by the author. / Esther Willard Bates" on Allen, Hervey. Anthony Adverse. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Inc., "Dear Robinson: / With profound best wishes and cordial regards / Hervey Allen / For E.A. Robinson, Esq." on Archer, William. Play-Making: A Manual of Craftsmanship. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., [1912]. "W.S. Braithwaite" on front Auslander, Joseph. Sunrise Trumpets. New York: Harper & Brothers, "For / Edwin Arlington Robinson / from a mere eavesdropper on his mountain / Joseph Auslander" on front endleaf; also, "Given to Lilla Cabot Perry by E.A.R." in her hand. Ballard, Frederick. Ladies of the Jury. New York: Samuel French, "Christmas Greetings / to / E.A. Robinson / from Willsie and Fred Ballard / Peterborough / 1931" on 'Baudelaire, Charles. Les Fleurs du Mal. Paris: A. Ferroud-F. Ferroud, "To / E.A.R. / Variell Sept. '26" on flyleaf. IBeebe, Lucius M. Corydon, and Other Poenzs. Boston: B.J. Brimmer Co., "Edwin Arlington Robinson. / In respect and admiration, / Lucius Beebe / Cambridge / 1924" on Published by Digital Colby,

3 Colby Quarterly, Vol. 8, Iss. 7 [1969], Art Colby Library Quarterly BeghtoI, Charles. The Little Blue Flute. New York: Henry Harrison, [1930]. "Jan. 1, 1931 / To Mr Edward Arlington Robinson / Just hoping that / you will like it. / Sincerely / Charles Beghtol" on title page. Beranger, Pierre. Songs, translated by Craven Langstroth Betts. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., "From C.L. Betts / to his friend / E.A. Robinson / June 20th '98 / 'Arcades Ambo'" on front Betts, Craven Langstroth. Selected Poems. New York: Associated Authors & Compilers, "Craven Langstroth Betts / to / Edwin Arlington Robinson" on verso of half-title page. The Two Captains at Longwood, at Trafalgar. New York: Alfred Allen Watts Co., "Craven Langstroth Betts / To my old chum, Robinson / May 9th '21" on verso of dedication page. Bhagavad-Gita, The, translated by Arthur W. Ryder. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, [1929]. "To Edwin Arlington Robinson Esq / from 'Stevie' / " on Bijou, Ernest St. Clair. Backwoods Sketches. New York: Plandome Press, "Inscribed for / Edwin Arlington Robinson, / in appreciation of his / having given me an / honest, kindly opinion. / Ernest St. Clair Bijou / 16 January, 1930" on flyleaf. Bois, Jules. Essay on Democracy. Chicago: O'Donnell Press, "To E.A. Robinson / his admirer and friend / Jules Bois / With great humility / for my english" on flyleaf L'Humanite Divine. Paris: Charpentier, "A E.A. Robinson / a Merlin l'enchanteur / a Lancelot Ie heros / mysterieux / de l'honneur et de / la droiture / Ton admirateur / et ami / Jules Bois" on flyleaf. Bradford, Gamaliel. The Letters of Gamaliel Bradford, , edited by Van Wyck Brooks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., "Mr. E.A. Robinson / With best greetings from / Mrs. Gamaliel Bradford / Helen F. Bradford. / November 1934" on The Quick and the Dead. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., "Edwin Arlington Robinson / with the best wishes of / Gamaliel Bradford / March 3, 1931" on Branch, Anna Hempstead. The Shoes that Danced, and Other Poems. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., "Anna Branch / sends to Edwin Robinson / The Shoes that Danced, / because he has given her / so much pleasure by / his great, original, and / beautiful work./ June, 1905" on _.~-~--. Sonnets from a Lock Box, and Other Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., "For my dear friend, / Edwin Arlington Robinson, / from Anna Hempstead Branch / with a humility in the J presence of his genius which / she cannot express. / 'I seized the goblet graven / With many a mystic shape'" on Bridges, Robert. Bramble Brae Poems. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, "To / E.A. Robinson / with the regards / of / Robert Bridges / July / 1905" on Brown, Abbie Farwell. Heart of New England. Boston: Houghton 2

4 Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: III Colby Library Quarterly 401 Mifflin Co., "Edwin Arlington Robinson / His Book / by Abbie Farwell Brown / 1920" on The Silver Stair. Boston: Houghton Miftllin Co., "To Edwin Arlington Robinson, / Abbie Farwell Brown / 1926" on Brown, John. Rab and His Friends. Philadelphia: Henry Altemus, "Do you remember? / H DeF S to EAR" on title page. Brown, Rollo Walter. The Firemakers. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., [1931]. "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / With every good wish as always / Rollo Walter Brown / September 4, 1931" on Next Door to a Poet. New York: D. Appleton-Century Co., "To George Burnham / For whom E.A. always / expressed the devotion of a brother / With all good wishes / Rollo Walter Brown / 1937" on On Writing the Biography of a Modest Man. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, "To E.A.R. - From R.W.B." on Browning, Robert. The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., "Edwin A. Robinson / from / Laura E. Richards / 1898" on flyleaf. Bynner, Witter. Caravan. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / with an old devotion / Witter Bynner / January 1, 1926" on Cestre, Charles. An Introduction to Edwin Arlington Robinson. New York: Macmillan C'o., "E.L. Robinson / E.A.R.-1930" on front endleaf in her hand. "E.A.R. / 1930" on title page. Marginal lines, underscorings, and notes in text. Chaucer, Geoffrey. The Prologue, the Knightes Tale, the Nonne Prestes Tale from the Canterbury Tales, edited by Richard Morris,. Oxford: Clarendon Press, "Harry Smith, Bowdoin '91" on front endleaf and half-title page. Cohen, Rose. A Travers la N uit, translated by S. Godet. Paris: La Renaissance du Livre, n.d. "To Mr. E. A. Robinson / Rose / May 1925" on title page. Cournos, John. Babel. London: William Heinemann, "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / with friendliness and admiration / from / John Couroos, / London July 1923" on. The Mask. London: Methuen & Co., [1919]. "To E.A. Robinson / with the friendliest regards / of / John Cournos, / London, July, 1923" on Cowley, Malcolm. Blue Juniata. New York: Jonathan Cape & Harrison Smith [1929]. "for Edwin Arlington Robinson / respectfully / from one who published a / book while he was still / thirty (and not before, / on your advice) / and wonders now / was he right? / Malcolm Cowley" on Crawford, Nelson Antrim. The Carrying of the Ghost. Boston: B.l. Brimmer Co., "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / with profound respect. / Nelson Antrim Crawford" on Dante [Alighieri]. The Divine Comedy, translated by Henry Wads- Published by Digital Colby,

5 Colby Quarterly, Vol. 8, Iss. 7 [1969], Art Colby Library Quarterly worth Longfellow. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., r 'E.A. Robinson / with cordial regards of / I. Mowry Saben / 16 Hastings / March 9, '93" on flyleaf. Davison, Edward. Harvest of Youth. New York: Harper & Brothers, "Lilla Cabot Perry / from B.A. Robinson" on front endleaf in her hand. The Ninth Witch, and Other Poems. New York: Harper & Brothers, "Edwin Arlington Robinson / from Edward Davison. / Gratefully / 1932" on Dellhora, Guillermo. La Iglesia Catolica. Mexico: Dellhora "To E.A. Robinson, / as a token of my / highest appreciation / The autor / Guillermo D'ellhora / Mexico N.F. / 1 / V I 1930" on flyleaf. Drinkwater, John. American Vignettes, Boston: Houghton Miffiin Co., "Edwin Arlington Robinson / with great admiration and / in friendship from / John Drinkwater. / New York / Dec. 1932" on "John Drinkwater" on flyleaf Bird in Hand. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 'Edwin Arlington Robinson / with affectionate regards / from / John Drinkwater / N.Y. / May 1929" on From an Unknown Isle London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Ltd., "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / with affection from / John Drinkwater / London / March 1925" on John Bull Calling. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd., "To / Edwin Arlington Robinson / with affectionate greetings from / John Drinkwater / Christmas 1928" on half-title page Mary Stuart. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., To / Edwin Arlington Robinson / with admiration and good \vishes / from John Drinkwater / New York / March 28th 1921~~ on front Poems, Boston: Houghton Miffiin Co.. r1919]. "To / Edwin Arlington Robinson / with deep admiration / from / John Drinkwater / New York / Feb'y 26th 1920" on front Preludes London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / from / John Drinkwater I 4 Ashburn Gardens / London / S.W. / O'ctober 1922" on front Seeds of Time. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, Ltd.. 192!. "To / E.A. Robinson / from / John Drinkwater / January 1922 with admiration and / warm good wishes" on To Be Spoken With an Appeal for Funds for the Rebuilding of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre at Stratford-upon-A von. London: n.p., "No 16, for Edwin Arlington Robinson / from / John Drinkwater" on page [4]. Drown, Paulina Cony. Mrs. Bell. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co "To / E.A. Robinson / from L.C.P. / Dec 6th 1931,. on front Duncan, Thomas W. From a Harvard Notebook. Des Moines: Maizeland Press, "For Edwin Arlington Robinson / who read the 4

6 Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: III Colby Library Quarterly 403 author"s first / very slender volume and / gave encouragement in a dark time. / Thomas W. Duncan" on front endleaf; also "1050, 33d Sf" in EAR's hand. Ehrlich" leonard. God's Angry Man. New York: Simon & Schuster~ '"For Edwin Arlington Robinson: / a cordial remembrance of Peterboro, / and with the sincere good-wishes of / Leonard Ehr ]i~h~~ on Ficke..Arthur Davison. Christ in China. N.p.: privately printed, "For Edwin Arlington Robinson / A.D.F." on title page. Afountain Against Mountain. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday~ Doran & Co., "FOT Edwin Arlington Robinson / with the adoliring affection / of his friend / A.D.F. / Feb. 1929" on front Selected Poems. New York: George H. Doran Co., [1926]. "To Ed\vin Arlington Robinson / from / Arthur Davison Ficke" on Sonnets of a Portrait-Painter. New York: Mitchell Kennerley. 19:~, "'Edwin Arlington Robinson / from / Arthur Davison Ficke'~ on Fillolore. Parker. Yesterday Morning. New York: Century Co., [1931]. "To EAR / from / Parker Fillmore / New York / 1931" on front Fincl-.. Be-rt. Shadows on the Wall. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton & Co "To / Mr. Edwin / Arlington / Robinson / With greetings.i and good / wishes of / Bert Finck / (Edward Bertrand Finck) / Louisville, Ky. / Jan 1925" on Fisher. Vardis. Sonnets to an Imaginary Madonna. New York: Harold 'lina!. J927. "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / With less presumption than / adnliration / Vardis Fisher / 1927" on front endleaf: al~o "'A.s dull as it is dirty and the / workmanship as poor as the thought. / I have not read much of this / book, but enough to see many defective lines and as little nlusic as intelligence. LCP'~ in her hand. Flaccu&. Kimball. In Praise of Mara. Hanover, N.H.: Arts Press. ] 932 "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / at Peterboro, N.H. / \vith kindest regards / Kimball Flaccus" on flyleaf. FletcheL John Gould. Branches of Adam. London: Faber & Gwyer, [1926]. '~To Edwin Arlington Robinson / who has already paid for it! and may pay doubly if he reads it. / John Gould Fletcher f Little Rock, Arkansas / Dec 31, 1926" on Gautier. Theophile. Emaux et C amees. Paris: Eugene Fasquelle, E.A.R. / from A D V Sept '26" on flyleaf. Gibbes. Frances Guignard. Hilda. New York: Brentano's, "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / Compliments of / Frances G. Gibbes" on Gibran. Kahlil. The Prophet. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, hto / Edwin Arlington Robinson / with highest admiration / from ; Kahlil Gibran / Nov. 1923" on Godoy, Armand. Ite, Mlssa Est. Paris: Bernard Grasset, [1933]. '"Hommage d'armand Godoy / 39 boulevard Montmorency / Paris X'lI~ / absent de Paris" on slip laid in. Published by Digital Colby,

7 Colby Quarterly, Vol. 8, Iss. 7 [1969], Art Colby Library Quarterly Goetz, Philip Becker. Poems. Boston: Richard G. Badger & Co., "Edwin Arlington Robinson / with all good wishes I from Richard Graham Badger / 3 June '95" on Goldsmith, Oliver. The Citizen of the World, 2 vols., edited by Austin Dobson. London: J.M. Dent & Co., "E.A. Robinson I with cordial regards of / I. Mowry Saben / 16 Hastings, Dec. 4, 1892" on front endleaf of both volumes. Gorman, Herbert S. The Barcarole of James Smith. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, "For Edwin Arlington Robinson, / with friendship and admiration, / Herbert S. Gorman / Jan. 13, 1923" on James Joyce: His First Forty Years. New York: B.W. Huebsch, Inc., "For Edwin Arlington Robinson I with friendship and admiration / Herbert S. Gorman / March 15, 1924" on Greenwood, Edwin. The Deadly Dowager, foreword by Arthur Machen. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Co., "H.B. Collamore" on Griffith, William. Loves and Losses of PZ'errot. New York: B.P. Dutton & Co., [1924]. "To / Edwin Arlington Robinson, Esq. / from his admiring friend / Wm. Griffith / New York / " on Hagedorn, Hermann. Barbara Picks a Husband. New York: Macmillan Co., "To E.A. / with affectionate greetings / from H.H. / July 17, 1918" on Hymn of Free Peoples Triumphant. New York: Macmillan Co., "To B.A. / with affectionate Christmas / greetings from / H.H. / 1918" on Ladders Through the Blue. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Co., "For E.A.R. / with affectionate greetings / from H.H. / 1926" on front endleaf; also "Given to Lilla Cabot Perry by E.A.R." in her hand The Three Pharoahs. New York: John Day Co., [1932]. "For E.A.R. / with love from / H.H. / 1932" on half-title page A Troop of the Guard, and Other Poems. Boston: Houghton Miffiin Co., "To E.A. Robinson / with the deep admiration / ('And he had reasons') of Hermann Hagedorn, / Chocorua, Aug. '10" on Hardy, Thomas. Life's Little Ironies. New York: Harper & Brothers, "E.A. Robinson / from W.E.B." on Hartmann, Sadakichi. Passport to Immortality. Beaumont, Cal.: Author's edition, "Granted and issued to Edward Arlington Robinson" directly below title on front wrapper. Herrick, Marvin Theodore. The Poetics of Aristotle in England. New Haven: Yale University Press, "To Edwin Arlington Robinson, / with the sincere regards of Marvin T. Herrick" on front wrapper. Heyward, DuBose. Skylines and Horizons. New York: Macmillan Co., "Dear E.A. / To recall March / 20, 1924 from / W Van R W / Pelham March 23/24-- / Dear B.A. / I know you 6

8 Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: III Colby Library Quarterly 405 did not / leave the book because / you did not want to keep / it, but in accordance with / an old saying 'that when / you are visiting, and at / departure, if you leave I behind some personal / belonging the visit will be / repeated' --then here's to the next visit / Sincerely I W Van R W" on Hirsch, Nathaniel D. MUron. Genius and Creative Intelligence. Cambridge, Mass.: Sci-Art Publishers, "To Edward Arlington Robinson / With profound admiration / N.D. Mttron Hirsch / June 8, '31" on Hodges, George. Christianity Between Sundays. New York: Thomas Whitaker, [1892]. "E.A. Robinson / with the sincere regards / of George Hodges I 18, November 1897" on flyleaf. Holden, Raymond. Granite and Alabaster. Ne'w York: Macmillan Co., "For / Edwin Arlington Robinson / with admiration and I respect. / Raymond Holden" on Homer. Ilias & Odyssea, in Greek, 2 vols. in 1, edited and translated into Latin by Corn. Schrevelio. Leyden: Franciscum Hackium, "Edwin Arlington Robinson / from / Lucius Beebe / 1928" on flyleaf. Horace. The Works, edited by Charles Anthon. New York: Harper & Brothers, "E.A. Robinson / From H. DeF. S. Apr. 1, 1894" on title page. Notes in text. Hubbell, Jay B. & John O. Beaty. An Introduction to Poetry. New York: Macmillan Co., "L.C. Perry I from E.A. Robinson / September 1922" on front endleaf in her hand. Inman, Arthur Crew. Shadows of Men. London: Erskine MacDonald, Ltd., [1925]. "To Edgar Arlington Robinson I With best wishes / Arthur Crew Inman I September 1925" on front endleaf; also "Garrison Hall" above this in EAR's hand. International Unbound Anthology, The. New York: Poe'ts' Guild, "The Poets' Guild in America / has the honor / of presenting to / Edwin Arlington Robinson / this copy / of the Consuls' Series / of the I International / Unbound Anthology" on flyleaf. This is Copy #21. Johnson, Samuel. Select Essays, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, 2 vols. London: J.M. Dent & Co., "E.A. Robinson / with best regards of / I. Mowry Saben / Cambridge, Apr. 17, '93" on front endleaf of both volumes. Kabir. Songs of Kabir, translated by Rabindranath Tagore. New York: Macmillan Co., "Edwin Arlington Robinson / from HW" on front endleaf; also "28 W 8th" in EAR's hand. Keats, John. The Poetical Works. London: Grant Richards, "Josephine Preston Peabody / Stratford-on-Avon / July / 1902" on Kingsley, Charles. Hypatia. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., n.d. "E.A. Robinson / From / Harry DeF. Smith / Feb 26 '92" on Kowalewski, Edmond. Deaf Walls. Philadelphia: Symphonist Press, [1933]. "To the poet of 'Tristram' / '... for you are one / Of the time-rifted few... ' / Edmond Kowalewski" on Published by Digital Colby,

9 Colby Quarterly, Vol. 8, Iss. 7 [1969], Art Colby Library Quarterly Lee, Gerald Stanley. The Voice of the Machines. Northampton, Mass.: Mount Tom Press, [1906]. "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / and to Captain Craig and to / Isaac and Archibald, and / always to Edwin Arlington Robinson. / Gerald Stanley Lee. / Northampton, Mass. / Dec. 12, 07" on slip pasted to Lee, Lawrence. Tomorrow Good-Bye. Gaylordsville: Slide Mountain Press, "for Edwin Arlington Robinson / with the regards of / James Raye Wells / D,ecember 2nd, 1933" on Lee, Muna. Sea-Change. New York: Macmillan Co., "For Edwin Arlington Robinson / from Muna Lee / Peterborough / September, 1924 / 'Twas ours to soar and his to see'" on front Long, Frank Belknap, Jr. A Man from Genoa, and Other Poems, preface by Samuel Loveman. Athol, Mass.: W. Paul Cook, The Recluse Press, "To / Edwin Arlington Robinson / from one who has read The Man Against the / Sky, with admiration / Frank Belknap Long, Jr" on front endpaper. Lupton, James Underhill [pseudo of Harry James Stutzlen]. In Many Moods, foreword by Gregory Mazer. Chicago: Franklin Printery, [1932]. "Sincerely, / James Underhill Lupton / 1st of a Series. / Glenn Ward Dresbach / has written Foreword for Series II" on title page. Lytton, Edward Bulwer. Kenelm Chillingly. London: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. "E. A. Robinson / from / William Edward Butler" on title page. MacKaye, Christy. Wind in the Grass, introductory letter by Edwin Arlington Robinson. New York: Harper & Brothers, "For E.A. Robinson / with the most / appreciative' thanks / from Christy MacKaye" on flyleaf Wind in the Grass, introductory letter by Edwin Arlington Robinson. New York: Harper & Brothers, "To / Ruth Robinson Nivison / with remembering thoughts / of the, enduring beauty / of her uncle's friendship, / and the charm of his / Introduction to this book, / from / Percy MacKaye / and from Christy, who looks forward happily to meeting you / 22 June / 1935" on MacKaye, Percy. Anti-Matrimony. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., [1910]. "To 'B.A.' / affectionate greetings / from his devoted / PMK. / Nov. 1910" on The Faith of Poetry. N.p.: n.p., Reprinted from The Oxford Criterion, February "To E.A.R. / from PMK / 1934" on title page Moments en Voyage. Washington, D.C.: Pioneer Press, "To E.A.R. / from PMK / 1932" on Poems. New York: Macmillan Co., "To 'B.A.' / the affection of his friend / Percy MacKaye. / Dec. 1909" on front The Skippers of Nancy Gloucester. New York: Edmund Byrne Hackett, Brick Row Book Shop, Inc., "Percy Mac Kaye" on colophon page. 8

10 Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: III Colby Library Quarterly 407. This Fine-Pretty World. New York: Macmillan Co., "To E.A. - from / his ineradicably - / Percy MK / Happy New Year / 1924" on Uriel, and Other Poems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., "To 'E.A.' / indispensable critic / and fellow worker, / from his affectionate friend - P. MK. / November 1912" on Wakefield. Washington, D.C.: United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission, [1932]. "To / E.A. Robinson / in friendship / from P. MK. / 1932" on flyleaf. Maeterlinck, Maurice. Le Tresor des Humbles. Paris: Societe du Mercure de France, "~.A. Robinson / from G.E. Burnham / 21 May 1898" on flyleaf. Main, David M., compiler. A Treasury of English Sonnets. New York: R. Worthington, "E.A. Robinson / from L.e.p." on halftitle page. March, Joseph Moncure. Fifteen Lyrics. New York: Fountain Press, "Joseph Moncure March" on half-title page. Marston, Philip Bourke. Song-Tide, edited by William Sharp. London: Walter Scott, "H. DeF. Smith" on half-title page. Maynard, Theodore. Exile, and Other Poems. New York: Lincoln MacVeagh, Dial Press, "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / From Theodore Maynard" on verso of half-title page. Middleton, Scudder. Upper Night. New York: Henry Holt & Co., [1927]. "For Edwin Arlington Robinson / in appreciation / Scudder Middleton / March 1927" on Milcke, Florence E. God's White Boy. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University [privately printed], "'Craig Myth' Wallingford Conn USA / To the esteemed poet / Edwin A Robinson / a first effort, done in the cause of universal peace / by the author / Florence E Milcke / Dec. 8th 1929 / Born Birmingham England Jan. 6th 1859" on Milton, John. The Poetical Works, introductions by David Masson. London: Macmillan & Co., "E.A. Robinson / from L.J.H." on title page. Mirick, Edith. Flower and Weed. New York: James T. White & Co., "A first book that I like; and if you / think well of it I am sure that / the author would be glad to have / you write her at 3314 Newark / Street, Washington, D.C. / To Mr. B.A. Robinson" on a calling card of Mr. Louis Vernon Ledoux, 471 Park Avenue. Moore, Merrill. The Noise that Time Makes, foreword by John Crowe Ransom. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1929]. "For / E.A. Robinson / in homage, / with esteem and admiration, / Merrill ~1oore / Boston, April, 1933" on Six Sides to a Man: New Sonnets, epilogue by Louis Untermeyer. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1935]. "For Mr. Robinson / devotedly / Merrill / " on Moore, Virginia. Not Poppy. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1926]. "For E.A. Robinson / from / Virginia Moore" on front Mordell, Albert. Notorious Literary Attacks. New York: Boni & Published by Digital Colby,

11 Colby Quarterly, Vol. 8, Iss. 7 [1969], Art Colby Library Quarterly Liveright, "To / Edwin Arlington Robinson / with the best wishes of / Mowry Saben / Christmas, 1926" on Morison, Frank [pseudo of Albert Henry Ross]. Who Moved the Stone? New York: Century Co., [1930]. "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / with the best wishes of / William Thomas Walsh / Feast of the Nativity, 1930" on Morris, Lloyd R. The Poetry of Edwin Arlington Robinson, bibliography by W. Van R. Whitall. New York: George H. Doran Co., [1923]. "To the afflicted subject / with condolence from the / apologetic author; and to / E.A. Robinson with the / profound friendship of / Lloyd Morris / February 27, 1923" on front endleaf; also "please return to / B.A. Robinson / 328 E. 42 St" in his hand Procession of Lovers. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1929]. "For / E.A. Robinson / in friendship / Lloyd Morris / New York, February, 1929" on The Rebellious Puritan: Portrait of Mr. Hawthorne. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., "For E.A.R. / with affection and friendship / Lloyd / 3 March 1927" on Morse, John T., Jr. Thomas Sergeant Perry. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., "To E.A. Robinson / from Lilla Cabot Perry / April 3rd 1929" on Norton, Charles Eliot. A Leaf of Grass from Shady Hill. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [1928]. "For / Edwin Arlington Robinson / a postscript to a very pleasant luncheon" [unsigned] on Noyes, Alfred. The Torch-Bearers. Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons, "E.A. Robinson / with very best wishes, memories / of Ponkapog and St. Albans, / from Alfred Noyes. / June 30th '23" on verso of half-title page. Several marginal markings. O'Hara, John Myers. Pagan Sonnets. Portland, Me.: Smith & Sale, "To / Edwin Arlington Robinson, / with kindest regards, / John Myers O'Hara. / Oct. 30, 1930" on Roses of Persephone. Portland, Me.: Smith & Sale, [1926]. "To / Edwin Arlington Robinson, / with all good wishes. / John Myers O'Hara" on One Hundred & One Ballades, contributed by Winifred Agar and others. London: Cobden-Sanderson, [1931]. "E.A.R. / At last this has turned up. I hope you'll have as much / amusement with it as I've had. / K.R." on Ouspensky, Peter Demianovich. Tertium Organum. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, " / To / E.A. Robinson / from / Syndicate / H. Walter Stephenson / and / William L. Garrison" on Overstreet, Bonaro Wilkinson. Footsteps on the Earth. Alfred A. Knopf, "For Edwin Arlington Robinson: / Sincerely, / Bonaro Wilkinson Overstreet / March 9, 1934" on flyleaf. Palgrave, Frances Turner. The Golden Treasury. Washington, D.C.: National Home Library Foundation, "To Edwin Arlington 10

12 Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: III Colby Library Quarterly 409 Robinson I with kind regards / Sherman Mittell I We shall dedicate an edition / of some fine poetry to you I very soon" on flyleaf. Peabody, Josephine Preston. Fortune and Men's Eyes. Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., "To my dear friend / Edwin Arlington Robinson I with constant thanks. / November / 1900 IJ.P." on Perry, Bliss. Emerson Today. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, "Edwin Arlington Robinson I from / Bliss Perry" on Perry, Lilla Cabot. The Jar of Dreams. Boston: Houghton Miftlin Co., "To E.A. Robinson I The book's first friend / from Lilla Cabot Perry / Feb. 12th I 1923" on Prokosch, Frederic. The Black Journey. New Haven: typed, illustrated, and bound by the author, Edition of 2 copies, of which this is No.2. "Frederic Prokosch" on colophon page. Twoline quotation from Andrew Marvell on The Man at the White Cape. N.p.: typed, illustrated, and bound by the author, "For / E.A. Robinson" on flyleaf. "No. 2 of 3 copies. / F.P. for E.A.R., in sincere homage. / " on title page. Pulsifer, Harold Trowbridge. Harvest of Time. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., "For E.A. Robinson / with the author's long / continued admiration I and regard I Harold T. Pulsifer" on front Ranck, Carty. Blind Mice. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., hto B.A. Robinson / from / Carty Ranck" on title page. The Mountain, foreword by Edwin Arlington Robinson. Rock Island, Ill.: Frederick B. Ingram Productions, Inc., [1934]. "For I Edwin Arlington Robinson / with the friendship / and admiration of / Carty Ranck / Boston, Nov. 7, 1934" on flyleaf. The Weakest Link. Philadelphia: Penn Publishing Co., "'For Edwin Arlington Robinson / with the friendship of / Carty Ranck" on title page. Ranck, George W. The Bivouac of the Dead and Its Author. New York: Grafton Press, [1898]. "To E.A. Robinson I with the warm / friendship of / Edwin Carty Ranck / Louisville, Ky., Nov. 25, 1924" on Regnier, Henri de. Oeuvres. La Sandale Ailee. Le Miroir des Heures. Paris: Mercure de France, n.d. "B.A. Robinson / from I Variell Sept '26" on flyleaf. Richards, John. Songs of a Schoolmaster. Concord: Rumford Press, [1928]. "E.A. Robinson / With affectionate regards / from / John Richards / 1928" on Richards, Laura E. Marie. Boston: Estes & Lauriat~ [1894]. "E.A.R. / from / Laura E Richards" on title page Nautilus. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, "Edwin Arlington Robinson / from / LER / Sept. 1897" with eight-line quotation from her poem "John, dear John" on Rosin the Beau. Boston: Estes & Lauriat, [1898]. "E. A. Robinson / from / LE Richards / 1898" on title page. Published by Digital Colby,

13 Colby Quarterly, Vol. 8, Iss. 7 [1969], Art Colby Library Quarterly Ridge, Lola. The Ghetto, and Other Poems. New York: B.W. Huebsch, Her poem, "Mountain Water (To Edward i\rlington Robinson)" quoted in full on front endleaf, signed "Lola Ridge." "Given to Lilla Cabot Perry by E.A.R." on front endpaper in her hand Red Flag. New York: Viking Press, "To Ed\\'in A. Robinson / with greetings and / good wishes from I Lola Ridge / New York April 1927" -on Roosevelt, Kermit. The Happy Hunting-Grounds. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, "Edwin Arlington Robinson / \\ith the warmest regards / of / Kermit Roosevelt / 6 October 1920" on Rorty, James. What Michael Said to the Census Taker. San Francisco: Edwin Grabhorn, "For E.A. Robinson / James Rorty / Peterborough / June 1925" on flyleaf. Rothert, Otto A. The Story of a Poet: Madison Cawein. Louisville, Ky.: John P. Morton & Co., "To / Edwin Arlington Robinson / with the best wishes of / Otto A Rothert. / December 1, 1924, / Louisville, Kentucky" on flyleaf. Sarett, Lew. Slow Smoke. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1925.; For / Edwin Arlington Robinson: / With my deep admiration / for the enduring beauty / you conjure out of dark souls. I Sincerely yours, / Lew Sarett / Evanston / 1925" on front endleaf; also "I send this to E.A.R. / because both he and L.S. / are hermits with folksy hearts. / Louise Ayres Garnett / Christmas, 1925" in her hand; also "1226 Judson Ave / Evanston Ill" in EAR'S hand. Schauffler, Robert Haven. The Poetry Cure. New York: Dodd. Mead & Co., "To E.A. Robinson / from his friend / R.H. Schauffler" on Selected Poems. London: William Heinemann, E.A. Robinson / from R.H. Schauffier / Mch. 26, 1923" on Smith, Chard Powers. Along the Wind. New Haven: Yale University Press, "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / With gratitude for his help in the revision of these sonnets, I and for many other things / Chard Powers Smith / Christmas, 1925" on Hamilton. New York: Coward-McCann, "'Dear E.A. / I hope you will find the poetry / worth reading, and will forgive the ques- / tionable prose / Chard Powers Smith / ~'farch 28, 1930" on The Quest of Pan. New York: Coward-McCann, "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / With affection and best \\-'ishes / Chard Powers Smith / Dec. 20, 1930" on Some Imagl'st Poets, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., ~ Edwin Arlington Robinson / with kind regards, from I Amy Lowell. / May, 1916" on Speyer, Leonora. Fiddler's Farewell. New York: Alfred Jt\. Knopf, "To Edwin Arlington Robinson, / humbly given. / Leonora Speyer / 'For a fiddle's a key / for many a lock' "' on Naked Heel. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, To Edwin 12

14 Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: III Colby Library Quarterly 411 Arlington / Robinson / from his / sincere friend / Leonora Speyer / 1931" on Spingarn, J.E. Poems. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., "To Edward Arlington Robinson / with the high regard of / J.E. Spingarn / Troutbeck, / Amenia, N.Y., / 11 April 1924" on front Squire, J.C. American Poems, and Others. London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd., n.d. "E.A. Robinson / from / Je Squire / 1923" on A Face in Candlelight, and Other Poems. London: William Heinemann Ltd., "Edwin Arlington Robinson / from his ever / J.C. Squire" on Poems. London: William Heinemann Ltd., "Edwin Arlington Robinson / from J.C. Squire / 1926" on front endleaf; also, "Lilla Cabot Perry / from" written above EAR's name in her hand. Stedman, Edmund Clarence. An American Anthology, Boston: Hougton, Mifflin & Co., "To E.A. Robinson / with the sincere regard / of an appreciative, / if eccentric, friend / H. A. Wise Wood / 1900" on flyleaf. Stevenson, E. Early Reviews of Great Writers ( ). London: Walter Scott, n.d. "James L. Tryon / Harvard College" on front endpaper. Teasdale, Sara. Dark of the Moon. New York: Macmillan Co., "For Edwin Arlington Robinson / from Sara Teasdale. / October 1926" on Todrin, Boris. First Furrow, introduction by Elias Lieberman. New York: Henry Harrison, [1932]. "Sept 30, 1932 / To Edwin Arlington Robinson: / My First Furrow and my / second in fond foolish hopes. / Sincerely, Boris Todrin" on Poems. N.p.: n.p., "Sept. 30, 1932 / To Edwin Arlington Robinson, / My poor craft to a great / master. / Sincerely / Boris Todrin" on verso of front wrapper. Toulouse, Nicolas de, Lautrec de Savine, & Stella Benson. Pull Devil - Pull Baker. London: Macmillan & Co., "E.A. Robinson / from W.O. Brigstocke / Liverpool, 1, XI, 33. / Count Nicolas de Toulouse / Lautrec de Savine K.M. / and Stella Benson have / crossed the Atlantic to express to / you my thanks for TaUfer" on Tryon, Sylvia. Songs of the North Country. Berlin, N.H.: Smith & Town, [1932]. "Sylvia Tryon" on Tuckerman, Frederick Goddard. The Sonnets, introduction by Witter Bynner. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, "To / Edwin Arlington Robinson / What do you / think of him? / Editor / Witter Bynner" on Underwood, John Curtis. The Iron Muse. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, "To E.A. Robinson / from John Curtis Underwood / Peterboro " on front endleaf: also "Given to Lilla Cabot Perry by E.A.R." in her hand. Unternleyer, Jean Starr. Dreams Out of Darkness. New York: B.W. Published by Digital Colby,

15 Colby Quarterly, Vol. 8, Iss. 7 [1969], Art Colby Library Quarterly Huebsch, Inc., "For Edwin Arlington Robinson / from / Jean Starr Untermeyer / November 1921" on Untermeyer, Louis. Modern British Poetry. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1925]. "Lilla Cabot Perry / from E.A.R." on front endleaf in her hand. _ ---. Roast Leviathan. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1923]. "for E.A.R. / with more obeisances / than pages / could contain / Louis U. / 1923" on Regarding his poem "Tangential (For E.A.R.)." Van Doren, Carl. American Literature: An Introduction. Los Angeles: U.S. Library Association, Inc., [1933]. "For Edwin Arlington Robinson / Carl Van Doren" on Van Doren, Mark. Edwin Arlington Robinson. New York: Literary Guild of America, "To E.A. Robinson / from Mark Van Doren / April 26, 1927" on VilIon, Fran~ois. Oeuvres, 3 vols., edited by Louis Thuasne. Paris: Auguste Picard, "To E.A.R. / From / Variell / 1926" on flyleaf of vol. 1. Wallis, J.H. Laughter of Omnipotence. New York: Harold Vinal, "To E.A. Robinson / from J.H. Wallis, / February 12th, 1927" on front endleaf; also "See p. 15" in EAR's hand, where he has marked lines of the poem "Directions for My Funeral." Walsh, William Thomas. Isabella of Spain, the Last Crusader. New York: Robert M. McBride & Co., "To E.A. Robinson / with all good wishes / from William Walsh / November 11, 1930" on flyleaf. Walton, Eda Lou. Jane Matthew, and Other Poems. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, "For Edwin A. Robinson / with admiration / Sept 22, 1931 / Eda Lou Walton" on Whitall, William Van R. Christmas Epithalamium. N.p.: privately printed, "Dear Mr. Robinson / Here's to another cup of the / generous for a Merry Xmas / and very happy New Year. / You may recognize the / Author and Printer too / both friends of yours / Ever sincerely / Ellen & W Van R W / Xmas 1923" on flyleaf. White, Henry C. The Life and Art of Dwight William Tryon. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / with the kindest regards of / Henry C. White / November " on Whitman, Walt. Gems from Walt Whitman, selected by Elizabeth Porter Gould. Philadelphia: David McKay, "E. A. Robinson / from / Israel Mowry Saben / Boston, May 5, 1892" on flyleaf. "Mowry Saben, a Harvard friend - and in / after years - was a Whitman enthusiast, / and in after years lectured on Whitman / George Burnham / " on verso of front endleaf in his hand. Whittier, John Greenleaf. Poetical Works, 4 vols. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., "E.A. Robinson / with cordial regards of / I. Mowry Saben / 16 Hastings, March 24, '93" on flyleaf of each volume. Widdemer, Margaret. The Factories, and Other Lyrics. Philadelphia: 14

16 Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: III Colby Library Quarterly 413 John C. Winston Co., [1915]. "For Edwin Arlington Robinson / From his friend / Margaret Widdemer / Hillcrest, July 27, '16" on The Old Road to Paradise. New York: Henry Holt & Co., "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / from his friend / Margaret Widdemer / August, 1918" on The Singing Wood. New York: Adelphi Co., [1926]. "To Edwin Arlington Robinson / From Margaret Widdemer. / May, 1925" on Wilder, Amos Niven. Arachne. New Haven: Yale University Press, "To Mr. Robinson with / cordial regard from / 'Thornton Wilder's brother' / New Haven. Oct 1928" on Wolfe, Humbert. Humoresque. New York: Henry Holt & Co., "For B.A. Robinson, / with the profound / admiration and / friendship of / Herbert S. Gorman, / and Jean" on flyleaf; also "Given to Lilla Cabot Perry by" written above EAR's name in her hand. Wordsworth, William. The Complete Poetical Works, introduction by John Morley. London: Macmillan & Co., "To E.A. Robinson / Dec. '93 / Harry DeF. Smith." on title page. Wylie, Elinor. The Venetian Glass Nephew. New York: George H. Doran Co., "Edwin Arlington Robinson / from Elinor Wylie. / With affection and respect. / September 7th, 1925" on front endleaf; also "Given to Lilla Cabot Perry by" written above EAR's name in her hand. VII. PERIODICALS: INSCRIBED BY OTHERS Cestre, Charles. "Le Dernier Poeme d'edwin Arlington Robinson: Cavender's House," Revue Anglo-Americaine, VII (August 1929), [489]-507. "a E.A. Robinson, / en temoignage d'admiration / et de sympathie / C. Cestre / Revue Anglo-Americaine, aout 1929" at head of title, p. [489]. Flaccus, Kimball. "Chronicle of Young Love," Arts Quarterly, I (January 1931), "To Edwin Arlington Robinson, / master of sonnets, I give / these poor attempts. / Kimball Flaccus / November 19, Dartmouth College" on Kenyon, Theda. "Judgment Hour," American Poetry Journal (July 1933), "For Edwin Arlington Robinson / in all humility and admiration / Theda Kenyon / July, 1933" at head of title, p. 22. [Sheet music] Isaacs, Lewis M., composer. "John Evereldown," a Song for Baritone. New York: John Church Co., [1924]. "With greetings from the composer / to the poet. / June 4, 1924 / Lewis M. Isaacs" on title page. Published by Digital Colby,