De Libris: Prose & Verse (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

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<div><p>From Austin Dobson, the illustrious poet and essayist, comes this collection of charming essays and poems that pay homage to books, authors, illustrators (including Kate Greenaway), printers and printing, Milton, Thackeray, and other book-related topics. These pieces capture Dobsons deep love of literature.</p></div>

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<div><p><b>Henry Austin Dobson</b> (18401921), known as Austin Dobson, was a distinguished English poet and essayist.&#xa0; He published his first collection of poems,<i>Vignettes in Rhyme</i>, in 1873. In addition to poetry, he wrote a number of biographies, including studies of Henry Fielding, Richard Steele, Fanny Burney, Oliver Goldsmith, and Horace Walpole.</p></div>

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