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Alger and poetry. xxxxxxFxxxxxxirst editions are usually most important to collectors. One of the first pages we put on this website was a list of Alger first editions. When a title was issued in both soft and hard cover, we define points for each. The firsts are here.

Alger's Poetry

But what about reprints? Alger was very widely reprinted, and that's what this directory is about. Thanks to the enormous effort of two members (and a great deal of support from others), the information about reprints is organized and is as complete as possible. This was a massive task, as there were many reprint publishers (please see our listing below).

ns were reprinted under different titles. There's a table of first vs. reprint titles here.

Credits

The work began with xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx the reprint bibliographies developed by Brad Chase (PF-412). These are incredibly detailed analyses of seventeen publishers, with histories of the publishing houses and biographies of the founders. These have been published in book form. There are seven books -- five paperbacks (which are availabe as a boxed set as well as individually) and two hardcover books devoted to Hurst. You can see them here.

NOW, the work has been expanded and completed through a massive effort by Bob Eastlack (PF-557). We've not completed the count, but we estimate that there are over 1,700 publisher/cover/spine/applique/title variations.

Caveat/Disclaimer

The following is meant to be an aid, not an authoritative guide, as we are always making new discoveries and corrections! The Horatio Alger Society is not responsible for any mistakes made because of the information provided below.

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The Poems

We xxx xxx xxx xxx grouped publishers into major groups: traditional (19th and early 20th century), modern, rare, foreign, and online.

The poems are all in PDF format. To see them, make sure you have downloaded Adobe Reader, available here ____________.

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01. After the Battle

02. Apple-Blossoms

03. At Shakespeare's Grave

04. Barbara' Courtship

05. Bi-Centennial Ode

06. Carving a Name

07. A Chant of Life

08. The Chant of the Three Sisters

09. The Child of the Street

10. A Child's Prayer

11. A Child's Question

12. A Christmas Ballad

13. The Confession

14. A Copperhead's Creed

15. A Cottage by the Sea

16. A Country Life for Me

17. Death of Little Alice

18. Elegy Written on the Occasion of the Death of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

19. Exempt

20. Extract from a Poem

21. The First of April

22. The First Tree

23. For a May Festival

24. For the Consecration of a Cemetery

25. The Fountain of Love

26. The Fountain of Youth

27. Friar Anselmo (A Medieval Legend)

28. Geraldine

29. Gone to the War

30. Grand'ther Baldwin's Thanksgiving

31. Harvard Class of 1852

32. Harvard Ode 1852 (The Ties That Have Bound Us So Long)

33. Harvard Ode 1869 (Dear Guide of Our Youth's Golden Days)

34. Harvard Ode 1870 (As We Meet in Thy Name, Alma Mater, Tonight)

35. Harvard Ode 1871

36. Harvard Ode 1872 (The Months Have Accomplished Their Round)

37. Harvard Ode 1873 (There's a Fountain of Fable Whose Magical Power)

38. Harvard Ode 1892

39. He Has Gone and I Have Sent Him

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41. Hymn For Semi-Centennial Celebration of the Dedication of the First Unitarian Church of South Natick (MA), November 20, 1878

42. I Think of Thee 2017

43. In the Church in Stratford-on-Avon

44. Introductory Poem for a May Festival

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50. Lines Written on Christmas Day, 1865

51. Little Charlie

52. The Lost Heart

53. Maid Marian

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55. Mrs. Browning's Grave at Florence

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68. Phi Beta Kappa Song

69. Phoebe's Wooing

70. The Price of Victory

71. The Primary School

72. Psi Upsilon Fraternity Greeting Song

73. Rose in the Garden

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75. St. Nicholas

76. Semi-Centennial Hymn

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78. The Soldier to His Betrothed

79. A Soldier's Valentine

80. Something to Do

81. Song of the Croaker

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83. Summer Hours

84. They Told Me Thou Wert False, Jamie

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86. Ties of Old

87. To an Absent Friend

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90. Voices of the Past

91. A Welcome to May

92. Where Is My Boy To-Night?

93. The Whippoorwill and I

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95. The Song of Santa Claus

96. As You Cross the Street

97. The Queen of Baby Land

NOTES

Sources

The major sources for development of this directory were Bob Eastlack and Brad Chase. We also relied on the Gardner biography "Horatio Alger, or The American Hero Era" for its list of publishers. Many thanks to Rob Kasper for his expert advice. In addition, many thanks to the authors of numerous scholarly articles that appreared in Newsboy, edited by William R. Gowen (PF-706).

Bob Routhier (deceased) made significant research contributions during his lifetime. In 1984, Bob Sawyer (PF-455) and Jim Thorp (PF-574) produced a 38-page booklet about Winston formats.

xxxxx Transisition copies

xxxx A transition copy is a book that contains parts of the book stock from a previous publisher. There will be physical, identifiable attributes associated with each of the two publishers.

xxxx Typically, a transition copy has the new publisher's wrapper, but the old publisher's text block. For example, in 1895, Porter & Coates founder Robert Porter retired, and the firm became Henry T. Coates & Co. A typical transition copy shows the HTC colophon on the spine with P&C on the title page.