Lanterna Rally

Author: O. T. J. Alpers

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-15

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781330074053

Excerpt from The Jubilee Book of Canterbury Rhymes Of the poems included in this volume, twelve are printed now for the first time: as to the rest, the names of the books, magazines, or newspapers in which they previously appeared are given in the text. The arrangement is mainly chronological; but it has not been thought advisable, for the sake of preserving this sequence, to separate poems by the same author. Many readers will perhaps be disappointed at missing from the selection this or that poem they remember; for much good verse has probably altogether escaped the Editor's search; and much he has been compelled to pass over from the necessary limitations to the size of his volume. The Editor desires to express his thanks to all those writers, to whom he was able to apply, for the permission, in every case readily granted, to reproduce their work: to the proprietors of the Lyttelton Times and Canterbury Times, the Christchurch Press and Weekly Press, the Otago Witness, and other papers and magazines for allowing him to reprint verses that first appeared in their journals: and to Messrs. Whitcombe and Tombs for the interest they have taken in the publication and the care and taste they have bestowed upon its production. For the information given at the end of the volume, he is largely indebted to the "Notes" to both editions of the Canterbury Rhymes; while several of the biographical sketches are condensed from Cox's "Men of Mark in New Zealand." Of the work of editing and writing this little volume, the greater part has been done on a sick-bed, the whole in hospital. Under these circumstances, the Editor has been obliged to draw largely on the kindness of his personal friends for help in the work of searching "files," copying MSS., and reading proofs; for the help so generously given, he begs them accept his most sincere thanks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.