Excerpt from Dreamland and Other PoemsIT is not Without much hesitation and many misgivings that the author of the following poems allows them to pass the press. Perhaps no poet, and certainly no young poet, can estimate With precision the Value of his work. F(tmtheuqt-y With his subjects, the reproduction ot sympathies and emotions pecuhm' to himself, the very (lehwht attending composition, all conspire to delude him, and to endear to him productions Which may find but little place in the esteem of readers competent to judge. Hence it is that the author submits this, his first venture, to the ordeal of English criticism. He feels convinced that at the hands of those accustomed to assess the value of literary productions he will receive that candid criticism which will either be a, guide to him in future 01 induce him te abandon the field of poetry altogether.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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