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1889.
To Edward Lear, and other poems, illustrated by Edward Lear. London: Boussod, Valadon, and Co., 1889, pp. 51. One hundred numbered copies only, signed by the Poet, with a special dedication from his pen.
The Throstle. New Review, October, 1889 (Vol. I., p. 409). Four stanzas.
This poem was purchased by Mr. S. S. McClure for £150, who printed it in a syndicate of American newspapers, and sold it to the New Review and the Scotsman. In order to protect the copyright Messrs. Macmillan and Co., at the time of the sale, May 16, 1889, published it privately, and it is said that of this edition. only two copies are known to exist.
Reprinted in "Demeter, and Other Poems" (1889).
Demeter, and Other Poems. By Alfred, Lord Tennyson. London: Macmillan and Co., 1889, green cloth, pp. 175. (Published in December, 1889.)
Contents: "To the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava"; "Demeter"; "To W. G. Palgrave"; "To Mary Boyle"; "On the Death of W. G. Ward"; a number of short minor poems; and "Crossing the Bar."