1894 Coridon's Song and other Verses from Various Sources

Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

In the publisher's original dark cloth binding with gilt.

One of Macmillan's charmingly bound, 'Cranford' series.

The first illustrated edition. 

The poetry consists of short vignettes, often on country characters or pursuits. 'Coridon' is a reference to a stock character of ancient pastoral poetry; characters of that name appear in both Theocritus, and of course the Eclogues of Virgil.

Hugh Thompson's style reflected the nostalgia of the time, his fine line drawing of rural characters and gentle countrified society appealing to the imagination of the public. He worked on two books for his friend the poet Austin Dobson, The Ballad of Beau Brocade (1892) and The Story of Rosina (1895).