Paragon Series

Topic: Illustrated poetry.

Publish Dates: 1901-1912

Volumes: 25

Formats: 6

Title:

Author:

Year:

Illustrator:

1

Among the Trees

William Cullen Bryant

2

Thanatopsis

William Cullen Bryant

3

Flood of Years

William Cullen Bryant

4

Oriana and Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson

5

Sea Fairies and Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson

6

Earl's Return

Owen Meredith

7

Bugle Song, and Other Poems

Alfred Lord Tennyson

8

Song of the River

Charles Kingsley

9

Fair Inez

Thomas Hood

10

Lenore

Edgar Allan Poe

11

Gray’s Elegy

Thomas Gray

12

Eve of St. Agnes

John Keats

13

Song of the Brook

Alfred Lord Tennyson

14

Schiller's Song of the Bell

W. H. Furness (Translated by)

15

Rock Me to Sleep, Mother

Elizabeth Akers Allen

16

Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

17

Song and Scenes from Faust

Bayard Taylor

18

My Old Kentucky Home

Stephen C. Foster

19

Massa’s in the Cold, Cold Ground

Stephen C. Foster

20

Suwanee River

Stephen C. Foster

21

Marching Through Georgia

Henry C. Work

22

Tenting on the Old Camp Ground

Walter Kittredgew

23

Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! The Boys are Marching

George F. Root

24

Nellie Was a Lady

Stephen C. Foster

25

Famous Love Lyrics

Charles Welsh

Format 1 - Cloth. Left half of the front cover has a gold circular decoration within which is the gold lettered title. Right half of the front cover has a lithographed floral pattern or a large floral design. 8.75 x 7.25. 1901-1904

Format 2 - Cloth. Left cover as above. Whole right half of the front cover has an idyllic scene. 8.75 x 7.25. 1906

Format 3 - Cloth. Left cover as above. Right half has a picture within a plain square or a large bell. 8.75 x 7.25. 1908

Format 4 - Cloth. Left cover as above. Right half has irregular border around an idyllic scene. 8.75 x 7.25. 1909

Format 5 - Cloth. Left cover as above. Right half has an idyllic scene within a window like frame within a floral decoration. 8.75 x 7.25. 1910-1912

Format 6 - Full limp chamois with an inlaid picture. Boxed. 1902-1912

Series Notes:
1. In 1901-books #1-17 were published.
2. In 1904 #1-24 were published.
3. In 1908 #1-25 were published.
4. The format 6 limp chamois books were published in 1909-1910 as the Aenlic Series.

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