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|\n|  |\n|  |\n|  |\n\n# ②②\n\nRETIRÉ DE LA COLLECTIONDE LABIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA VILLE DE MONTREAL  \n2/  \nR.  \nCHRISTOPHER MORLEY  \n\"The charm of his style often makes the readerforget that it is backed by a vast and curiouserudition.We toast his scholarship,the lift andsurge of his enthusiasms,his graceful and allusivemind,his puns,his fine frenzies,his taste andknowledge,his inexhaustible memory-and hisnoble beard!”1·.       1·  \nyentlemen9R0lish  \nBy CHRISTOPHER MORLEY  \nAs full of salt and savor as its title-which honors that wonderfuleighteenth-century appetizer thatthe author learned to love at Oxfordmany years ago-this collection ofrecent poems by Christopher Mor-ley will find a ready welcome fromthe many who know and appreciatethe fine sensibility,the apt phrasing,and the originality of this wise andwitty writer.The poems are short,many are humorous,some are mov-ingly serious,all are quotable andcharacterized by the high individu-ality that is Christopher Morley.The subjects range as widely as hisroving,penetrating intelligence-from public beaches and railroadstations to birds in the garden,olddogs,dry fies,and dry sherry.Hereis a treat indeed that gentlemen all,and ladies too,will relish.    \nPoets,like mothers,care less for thepraise bestowed on the one child thanfor the neglect of the rest of the fam-ily which they think to be implied.  \n—Saintsbury,The Peace of the Augustans  \nChristopher Morley was born in Hav-erford,Pennsylvania,received his A.B.from Haverford College,and was aRhodes Scholar at New College,Ox-ford University.In his earlier careerhe was an editor for Doubleday,Page&Company,the Ladies Home Journal,the Philadelphia Public Ledger,andthe New York Evening Post.He thenbecame one of the founding editors ofthe Saturday Review of Literature,where his special department ran foryears under the title of\"The BowlingGreen.\"His many books,which in-clude novels,essays,and volumes ofpoems,have enjoyed wide popularity.He is a Doctor of Letters of HaverfordCollege,an honorary Doctor of Lawsof Adelphi College,and a Member ofthe National Institute of Arts andLetters.  \nGENTLEMEN'S  \nCHRISTOPHER MORLEY  \n l  \nw.w.NORTON&COMPANY INC·New York  \nCOPYRIGHT 1950,1955 BY CHRISTOPHER MORLEY  \nCOPYRIGHT 1949,1951,1952 BY THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY co.COPYRIGHT 1950,1951,1952,1953 BY THE SATURDAY REVIEWASSOCIATES,INC.  \nCOPYRICHT 1950,1951,1952,1953 BY THE NEW YORKHERALD-TRIBUNE,INC.  \nCOPYRIGHT 1950 BY THE AMERICAN MERCURY MAGAZINE,INC.COPYRIGHT 1950 BY THE FREEMAN MAGAZINE,INC.COPYRIGHT 1952 BY IRVINGTON PRESS,INC.COPYRIGHT 1951 BY HEARST MAGAZINES,INC.COPYRIGHT 1953 BY HARPER &BROS.COPYRIGHT 1954 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY  \nThe poems entitled Shakespeare in Junior High,WastingShakespeare's Time,The Apes,150th Anniversary of theEdinburgh Review,The Sub-Imago,Avant-Garde,Birthof a Journalist,Dial Call,Instrument Disconnected,Auto-biography,and Deny Everything were first printed as agroup in The Spectator,November z1,1952,as Old Man-darin's Christmas Tree with Twelve Candles,and are re-printed by permission of The Spectator.  \nThe poem entitled Britain for the Holidays was firstprinted in The Saturday Book,volume XII,1952,and isreprinted by permission.  \n416469  \nPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICAFOR THE PUBLISHERS BY THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS  \nIn happiest memory of  \nFRANCIS BARTON GUMMERE(1855-1919)‘myn owene maister deere'born one hundred years agoand still,for his pupils,truly alive.","cbCaiciOOSeYWJQZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiciOOSeYWJQZ","pdf",2504214,112,"English","# Introduction\n## Poem highlights and themes\n# Christopher Morley biography\n## Education and editorial career\n## Publications and honors\n# Copyright and printing information\n## Permissions and first print sources\n# Dedication","[{\"question\":\"What kind of poems are included in this collection?\",\"answer\":\"The collection consists of short poems that vary from humorous pieces to poems described as movingly 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