Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Excerpt from Wind Tossed Leaves: Reclaimed The illustriouswriter, whose frequent ponderosity of style one of the authors of the Rejected Addresses saucily parodied, - partly in the words above quoted - illustrated his idea of truthfulness by the example of a man passing by an orchard, and telling his friends no fruit was to be found there; whereupon some meddlesome fellow within hearing gets through the hedge; and after poking about for some tune discovers two apples and a pear. This paltry circumstance, the learned Doctor declared, could not fairly be used as an argument to prove the first speaker unworthy of belief. Adopting this construction of fact in its liberal meaning, the few sheets following may be said to consist of reprints, from a variety of subjects, issued at different times; chiefly through the journalistic press, and partly for the following reason. Being averse to letter writing, especially when having very little or nothing to say, the author prefers forwarding, instead of an epistolary communication, a newspaper from time to time to his friends distant in the United Kingdom or abroad; and which, as containing some contribution of his own, they are kindly willing to accept in a spirit kindred to that with which it is sent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This is a reproduction of the original artefact. Generally these books are created from careful scans of the original. This allows us to preserve the book accurately and present it in the way the author intended. Since the original versions are generally quite old, there may occasionally be certain imperfections within these reproductions. We're happy to make these classics available again for future generations to enjoy!

These two volumes list late-and mid-Victorian poets, with brief biographical information and bibliographical details of published works. The major strength of the works is the 'discovery' of very many minor poets and their work, unrecorded elsewhere.