The Growth of Love (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Growth of LoveNote. In issuing T/ze Growtfi of Love the publisher has desired to set forth the high estimate recently come to be held regarding the poetry of mr. Robert bridges. To do this effectually, no more fitting intro duction could have been given than the contribution by mr. Lionel johnson, to be found in the Century Guild Hobby Home (october, and here reprinted entire. It was and is almost as inaccessible as one of mr. Bridges' privately printed pamphlets.It only remains to say that this reprint is made direct from a copy of the original Growl/z of Love, of which 100 copies in fell's Old English Type (fcap 4to.) were put forth from the private press of rev. H. Daniel, Oxford, 1890. The punctuation (or rather the lack of it) has been literally followed. The half-title immediately preceding the Sonnets is that of the origi nal title page, while the printer's device at the end of the book is also reproduced in facsimile from this unique edition.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.