cover image Rhymes and Verses

Rhymes and Verses

Walter de La Mare. Henry Holt & Company, $18.95 (370pp) ISBN 978-0-8050-7192-4

First published in 1947, Rhymes and Verses: Collected Poems for Young People by Walter de la Mare, illus. by Elinore Blaisdell, appears in a handsome new edition. Grouped by subject in sections such as ""All Creatures Great and Small,"" ""Fairies-Witches-Phantoms"" and ""Books and Stories,"" the reissue contains more than 300 works. Old-fashioned b&w line drawings illustrate the text.