Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier [John Greenleaf Whittier's Poetical Works]

xxiv, 452 pp. Full-leather, gilt title on spine and front board, all edges gilt, black-and-white frontispiece. Biographical sketch by Nathan Haskell Dole. John Greenleaf Whittier (born December 17, 1807, near Haverhill, Massachusetts, U.S. - died September 7, 1892, Hampton Falls, New Hampshire) was an American poet and abolitionist who, in the latter part of his life, shared with Henry Wadsworth Longfellow the distinction of being a household name in both England and the United States. Born on a farm into a Quaker family, Whittier had only a limited formal education. He became an avid reader of British poetry, however, and was especially influenced by the Scot Robert Burns, whose lyrical treatment of everyday rural life reinforced his own inclination to be a writer. - Britannica