The Golden Treasury of American Songs and Lyrics. Various
Future.
On An Intaglio Head Of Minerva.
When the Sultan Goes to Ispahan.
Song of the Chattahoochee. [13]
The Maryland Yellow-throat. [15]
PREFACE.
The numerous collections of American verse share, I think, one fault in common: they include too much. Whether this has been a bid for popularity, a concession to Philistia, I cannot say; but the fact remains that all anthologies of American poetry are, so far as I know, more or less uncritical. The aim of the present book is different. In no case has a poem been included because it is widely known. The purpose of this compilation is solely that of preserving, in attractive and permanent form, about one hundred and fifty of the best lyrics of America.
I am quite aware of the danger attending such exacting honor-rolls. At best, an editor's judgment is only personal, and the