{"id":335,"date":"2024-11-30T21:37:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T21:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leedberg.com\/athaeneum\/?p=335"},"modified":"2024-11-30T22:01:10","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T22:01:10","slug":"longfellows-complete-poems-1906","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leedberg.com\/athenaeum\/longfellows-complete-poems-1906\/","title":{"rendered":"Longfellow\u2019s Complete Poems (1906)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"metaslider-id-348\" style=\"width: 100%;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-100-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-348 ml-slider ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Longfellow\" data-height=\"700\" data-width=\"700\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_348\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_348\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-350 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2024-11-30 21:44:48\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leedberg.com\/athenaeum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Longfellow-scaled.jpg\" class=\"slider-348 slide-350 msDefaultImage\" alt=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"Longfellow\" style=\"margin: 0 auto; width: 75%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leedberg.com\/athenaeum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Longfellow-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.leedberg.com\/athenaeum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Longfellow-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.leedberg.com\/athenaeum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Longfellow-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.leedberg.com\/athenaeum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Longfellow-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.leedberg.com\/athenaeum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Longfellow-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Title: Longfellow\u2019s Complete Poems &#8211; Household Edition<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Estimated year of printing: 1906<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Inscription: Fidellis A. Fox<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many copyrights, latest is 1906.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher\u2019s note dated 1902.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sticker on back page: Carbine\u2019s Books Stationary, Rutland, VT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A collection of Henry Longfellow\u2019s poems, plus biographical information and 270 illustrations.&nbsp; It appears that this particular collection was frequently re-published, searching online turns up many printings of this book with slightly different copyright pages.&nbsp; This particular one has a latest copyright of 1906, corresponding to illustrations by Ernest Longfellow, Henry Longfellow\u2019s son.&nbsp; It\u2019s in good condition and the subject matter makes it one of the more interesting and desirable books in my collection, as there is still interest in Longfellow today. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In trying to research the provenance, I <a href=\"https:\/\/collections.nlm.nih.gov\/ext\/dw\/101208367\/PDF\/101208367.pdf\" title=\"\">discovered<\/a> just a little information about Fidellis A. Fox.&nbsp; In 1908, she was a registered nurse at Elliot hospital in Keene, NH, with an address in Detroit, Michigan.&nbsp; It appears that she may have had a married last name of Bradley. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Historical context:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When this book was printed in 1906, Theodore Roosevelt was President, and would make the first ever official trip by a sitting United States President to a foreign country \u2014 visiting Panama to observe the construction of the Panama Canal.&nbsp; In this year, the San Francisco earthquake occurred and destroyed much of the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Notes: Inscription: Fidellis A. Fox Many copyrights, latest is 1906. Publisher\u2019s note dated 1902. 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