The Archbishop of Dublin, a philologist and poet himself, gathered this anthology in 1868 with Palgrave’s Golden Treasury openly in mind, hoping to offer a complementary selection. It runs in five parts from the Elizabethans to Victorian pieces such as Arnold’s The Forsaken Merman, with notes on sources and readings at the end.
A thoughtful Victorian companion to Palgrave, ideal for readers who like their anthologies annotated. Download the free EPUB.