Arthur A. Schomburg--A Biographical Checklist of American Negro Poetry (1891)

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BIBLIOGRAPHICAAMERICANAA SERIES OF MONOGRAPHS

Edited byCHARLES F. HEARTMANVOLUME II

AMERICAN NEGRO POETRYBy ARTHUR A. SCHOMBURG

CHARLES F. HEARTMANNEW YORK, 1916


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A BIBLIOGRAPHICALCHECKLISTOF

AMERICAN NEGRO POETRYCompiled by

ARTHUR A. SCHOMBURG

CHARLES F. HEARTMANNEW YORK, 1916


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Adams, Wellington. Lyrics of an Humble Birth. Washington,D. C: Murray Bros. Printing Co., 1914.

Allen, J. Mord. Rhymes, Tales, and Rhymed Tales. Topeka, Kan. : SMonotyped by Crane & Co., 1906, /12mo, 153 p.

Battier, Alcibiade-Fleury (Haitian). Sous les Bambous. Kugel-mann: Paris, 1881.8vo, 323 p.

Battle, Effie T. Gleanings from Dixie-Land. Okalona, Miss., 1915.12mo.

Beadle, S. A. Lyrics of the Under World. Jackson, Miss.: W. A.Scott, publisher, 1912.

8vo, 148 p.

Bell, James Madison. A Poem entitled The Day and the War de-livered January 1st, 1864, at Piatt's Hall. At the celebration of the 1stanniversary of President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. SanFrancisco: Agnew & DefFeback, printers, cor. Sansome & MerchantStreets, 1864.

8vo, 27 p.

Bell, J. Madison. An Anniversary Poem entitled The Progress ofLiberty. Delivered January 1st, 1866, at Zion Church at the celebrationof the Third Anniversary of President Lincoln's Proclamation. SanFrancisco: Agnew & Deffeback, printers, 511 Sansome Street cor. Mer-chant, 1866.

8vo, 28 p.

Bell, J. Madison. A Poem entitled The Triumph of Liberty. De-livered April 7, 1870, on the occasion of the Grand Celebration of thefinal ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of theUnited States. Detroit : Printed by The Times Steam Printing Co., 1870.

8vo, 32 p.

Bell, James Madison. The Poetical Works. With biographicalsketch by Bishop B. W. Arnett, D.D. Lansing, Mich. : Wynkoop, Hal-lenbeck, Crawford Co., 1901.

8vo, 208 p. portrait.


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Bibb, Eloise. Poems by Eloise Bibb. Boston: Monthly ReviewPress, 1895.16mo, 107 p.

Boisrond, Barbaud Rojrer (Haitian). Precis des Gemissements desSang-meles.8vo (see Gregoire "De La Litterature des Negres," p. 188).

Braithwaite, William Stanley. Lyrics of Life and Love. Boston:H. B. Turner & Co., 1904.8vo, 80 p. portrait

Braithwaite, William Stanley. The House of Falling Leaves, withother Poems. Boston :J. W. Luce and Company, 1908.8vo, 112 p. (partly reprinted from periodicals).

Braithwaite, William Stanley. The book of Elizabethan verse,chosen and edited with notes, with an introduction by Thomas Went-worth Hig-ginson. Boston: H. B. Turner & Co., 1906.8vo, 787 p.

Braithwaite, William Stanley. The book of Elizabethan verse, etc.2nd edition. Boston : H. B. Turner & Co., 1907.8vo, 823 p.

Braithwaite, William Stanley. The Book of Elizabethan verse, etc.London : Chatto & Windus, 1908.8vo, 823 p.

Braithwaite, William Stanley. The book of (xeorgian verse, chosenand edited with notes. New York : Brentano's, 1909.8vo, 1313 p.

Braithwaite, William Stanley. The book of Georgian verse, etc.London: Duckworth and Co.. 1914.8vo, 1313 p.

Braithwaite, William Stanley. The Book of Restoration Verse,chosen and edited with notes and introduction. This book is a com-panion of Elizabethan Verse and Georgian Verse. Brentano: N. Y.

8vo, 900 p.

Braithwaite, William Stanley. Anthology of magazine verse for1913 and year book of American poetry edited. New York: Gomme &Marshall, 1913.


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Braithwaite, William Stanley. Anthology of magazine verse for1913-14. Cambridge, Mass.: Issued by W. S. B.

Breuthwaite, William Stanley. Anthology of magazine verse for1915. New York: Gomme & Marshall.

Brawley, Benjamin. Griffith. A Toast to Love and Death. Atlanta,Ga. : Author, 1902.

16mo, 29 p.

Brawley, Benjamin Griffith. The Problem and other Poems. At-lanta, Ga. : Author, 1905.

16mo, 32 p.

Brawley, Benjamin Griffith. The Desire of the Moth for the Star.Atlanta, Ga. : Author, 1906.

16mo, 10 p.

Brawley, Benjamin Griffith. The Dawn and other Poems. Wash-ington, D. C.: Author, 1911.

4to, 10 p.

Brooks, (Rev.) Walter H. Beside the Sea. A. M. E. C. Review,Vol. IV., No. 4, p. 420, April, 1888.

Brooks, (Rev.) Walter H. Ode of Welcome to Frederick Douglass.

Brown, William Wells. Anti-Slavery Harp, a collection of songs.Boston, 1849.2nd ed. 47 p.

Burleigh, Louise Alston, Echoes from the Southland.

Campbell, James Edwin. Echoes from the Cabin and Elsewhere.Chicago: Donohue & Henneberry, 1905.8vo, 86 p. portrait.

Cannon, (Rev.) N. C. The Rock of Wisdom. ... to which areadded several interested hymns. New York, 1833.12mo, 144 p. portr.

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Carrion, Totnas. (Puerto Rico.) Poesias. Juana Diaz (Cuban),P. R., 1882.

Castaing, Jean. (Early Haitian poet.) Poems. (Mentioned byGregoire in Litterature des Negres.)P. 167.

Castaing, Jean. Opuscles de J. Castaing revus corriges et augu-ments, imprimis par lui meme 2nd edition. Disliques et pensees moraleset philosophiques. N. p., 1790.12mo.

Chevey, Arsene. (Haitian.) Les Areytos. Port au Prince, 1892.8vo.

Chevey, Arsene. Voix Perdues et voix du Centenaire. Port auPrince, 1896.

8vo.

Clem, Charles D. Rhyme of a Rhymester. Edmond, Oklahoma:Author, 1901.

8vo, 52 p.

Clem, Charles D. A Little Souvenir. N. p., n. d. Author.8vo, 8 p.

Clifford, Carrie W. Race Rhymes. Washington, D. C. : Pendleton,1911. 8vo, 28 p.

Coicou, Massillon. (Haitian.) Passions et Imprexions. Paris: Du-garrie & Cie, 1903.12mo.

Coicou, Massilloin. Les Poesies Nationales. Paris: Goupy et Jour-dan, 1892.12mo.

Coffin, Frank Barbour. Coffin's Poem and Ajax Ordeals. LittleRock, Arkansas: Author, 1897.

8vo, 248 p.11


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Cotter, Joseph Seamon. A White Song and a Black One. Louis-ville, Ky. : The Bradley & Gilbert Co., 1909.12mo, 64 p. port.

Cotter, Joseph Seamon. Links of Friendship. Louisville, Ky. : TheBradley & Gilbert Co.. 1898.12mo, 64 p.Corbett, Maurice N. The Harp of Ethiopia. Nashville, Tenn. : Nat.Baptist Publ. Board, 1914.

8vo, 276 p. port.

Corrothers, (Rev.) James David. Selected Poems. 1907.

Corrothers, (Rev.) James David. The Dream and the Song. 1914.

Dancer, W. E. To-day and Yistidy. (Poems in dialect.) Tuske- /gee, Ala., 1914.

Davis, Daniel Webster. Idle Moments : containing emancipationand other poems. With an introduction by John H. Smyth. Balto., 1895.8vo, 81 p.

Davis, Daniel Webster. 'Weh Down Souf, and other poems. Illus- ytrated by Wm. L. Sheppard. Cleveland: Helman-Taylor Co., 1897.12mo, 136 p.Derkes, Eleuterio. (Puerto-Rico.) Poesias Liricas. Guayama, P. R.

Derkes, Eleuterio. Don Nuvo Tiburcio de Pereira. Guayama, P. R.

Derkes, Eleuterio. Antologia Puertorriquena para el monumentoDerkes (J. A. Fernandez). Tip. Garriga Hermanos. Guayama, P. R.,1912. Svo, 171 pp.

Dinkins, Charles R. Lyrics of Love. Columbia, S. C. : The StateCompany, 1904.8vo, 230 p. portrait.

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Diaz, Jose del Carmen. (Narciso Blanco.) (Cuban.) Cantos delEsclaro. (Reproduced in F. Calcagno "Poctas de Color,") Sth edition.Habana, 1887. (Cuban.)

12nio, 15 p.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Oak and Ivy. Dayton, Ohio: UnitedBrethren Publishing House, 1893.

8vo, 62 p.

Diuibar, Paul Laxu-ence. Majors and Minors. Toledo, Ohio: Hadley& Hadley, 1895.8vo, (edition of 500 copies.)

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Majors and Minors. New York, 1895.12mo.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Lowly Life. With an introduc-tion by W. D. Howells. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1896.12mo, 208 p. port.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Lowly Life. With an introductionby W. D. Hiowells. London : Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1897.

8vo, 208 p.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Lowly Life. (Same as 1896 edi-tion, but portrait has spectacles.) New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1898.12mo, 208 p.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Lowly Life. (Same as 1896 edi-tion with poet's picture seated.) N. Y. : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1899.12mo, 208 p.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of the Hearthside. New York:Dodd, Mead & Co., 1899.12mo, 227 p. port.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Candle Lighting Time. Illustrated withphotograph by the Hampton Institute Camera Club and decorations byMargaret Armstrong. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1901.

8vo, 127 p.15


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Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Love and Laughter. New YorkDodd, Mead & Co., 1903.12mo, 180 p. 1 illust.Dunbar, Paul Laurence. When Malindy Sings. Illustrated with

photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club; decorations byMargaret Armstrong. New York : Dodd. Mead & Co., 1903.8vo, 144 p.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Poems of Cabin and Field. Illustratedwith photographs by the Hampton Institute Camera Club ; with decora-tions by Alice Moore. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1899. New YorkDodd, Mead & Co., 1904.

8vo, 12S p.

Dunbar, Paul Lavuence. Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow. NewYork: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1905. New York, 1909.12mo, 109 p. 1 illust.Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Li'l Gal. Illustrations with photographsby Leigh Richmond Miner of the Hampton Institute Camera Club ; decor-

ations by Margaret Armstrong. New^ York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1904.8vo, 123 p.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Howdy, Honey, Howdy. Illustrations withphotographs by Leigh Richmond Miner. Decorations by Will Jenkins.Toronto : The Musson Book Co., Ltd., 1905.

8vo, 125 p.

Dimbar, Paul Laurence. Joggin' Erlong. Illustrations with photo-graphs by Leigh Richmond Miner. Decorations by John Rae. NewYork: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1906.

8vo, 119 p.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Life and Works, containing his completePoetical Works, edited by Lida Keck Wiggins, with introduction byWilliam Dean Howells. Naperville, 111. : J. L. Nichols & Co., 1907.8vo, 430 p. profusely illustrated.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Christman is A' Comin' & other Poems.New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1907.16mo, 47 p.

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Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Lyrics of Lowlp^ Life. With an introduc-tion by W. D. Howells. Numerous illustrations. New York : Dodd, Mead& Co., 1908.

8vo, 208 p.

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. Speakin' o' Christmas, and other Christmasand Special Poems. Numerous illustrations. New York: Dodd, Mead& Co., 1914.12mo, 96 p.Dunbar, Paul Laurence. The Complete Poems of, with an introduc-

tion to Lyrics of Lowly Life by W. D. Howells. New York: Dodd,Mead & Co., 1916.8vo, port., 289 p.

Durant, Oswald. (Haitian.) Rires et Pleurs. Corbeil, 1896. (Ed.Crete.)

12mo, 2 vols.

Edouard, Emmanuel. (Haitian.) Rimes Haitiennes. Paris.

Estrada, Juan Bautista, Pucha Silvestre. (Cuban.)

Ford, (Rev.) Robert E. Brown's Chapel, a story in verse. 31 cantos.Author: Privately printed, 1905.8vo, 308 p.

Fordham, Mary Weston. Magnolia Leaves. Poems, with an intro-duction by B. T. Washington. Charleston, S. C. : Walker, Evans &Cogswell Co., 1897.

12mo, 104 p.

Forten, Charlotte L. (Grimke). At Newport. (A Parting Hymn.A. M. E. C. Review. Vol. IV, No. 3, p. 258.) 1888. The Angel's Visit.(Brown, Wm. W., "The Black Man," p. 190.)

Forten, Sarah. The Grave of the Slave. (Set to music and publishedby Frank Johnson, Phila., Pa.)

Fortson, Bettiola Heloise. Mental Pearls, original poems and es-says. Chicago, III., 1915.

12ino, 62 p. port.

Fortune, Timothy Thomas. Dreams of Life : Miscellaneous Poems.New York : Fortune & Petersen, 1905.8vo, 192 p. port.

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Franklin, James T. Mid-day Gleanings. Memphis, Tenn.: Tracy-Printing and Stationery Co., 1893.

Franklin, James T. Jessamine Poems. Memphis, Tenn., 1900.

Gilmore, F. Grant. Masonic and other Poems.8vo, 26 p. port.

Guilbaud, TertuHen. (Haitian.) Feuilles au Vent. Port-au-Prince,1888.

12mo.

Hammon, Jupiter. An Evening Thought. Salvation by Christ, with *Penettential Cries: Composed by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro belonging //to Mr. Lloyed, of Queen's-Village, on Long-Island, the 25th of Decern- jber, 1760. Broadside of 88 lines, printed in double column, and word/"Finis" at bottom.

Size IOYa X 7% inches.

Hammon, Jupiter. Hartford, August 4, 1778. An Address to MissPhillis Wheatly, (sic) Ethiopian Poetess, in Boston, who came fromAfrica at eight years of age, and soon became acquainted with the Gos-pel of Jesus Christ. (One line, followed by 21 verses of four lines each,printed in double column.) Composed by Jupiter Hammon, a NegroMan belonging to Mr. Joseph Lloyd, of Queen's-Village, on Long-Island,now in Hartford.

Hammon, Jupiter. A Winter Piece: being a Serious Exhortation,with a call to the Unconverted : and a short Contemplation on the Deathof Jesus Christ. Written by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro Man belongingto Mr. John Lloyd, of Queen's-Village, on Long-Island, now in Hart-ford. Published by the Author with the Assistance of his Friends,Hartford : Printed for the Aluthor, M. DCC. LXXXII.

8vo, pp. (2),-22,-(l),-24.

Hampton, E. M. Poems.

Harper, Frances E, Watkins. Moses: A story of the Nile. Phila-delphia, 1893,16mo, 52 p. 2nd edition.

Harper, Frances E. Watkins. Idylls of the Bible. Philadelphia, Pa.,1895. 16mo.

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Harper, Frances E. Watkins. Sketches of Southern Life. Phila-delphia : Ferguson, Bros. & Co., 1896.16mo, 48 p.Harper, Frances E. Watkins. Poems. Phila. : George S. FergusonCo., 1898. Phila. : George S. Ferguson Co., 1900.

12mo, 90 p. port

Hawkins, Walter Everett. Chords and Discords. Washington, D.C. : Murray Bros., 1909.12mo, 81 p. port.

Heard, Josie D. (Henderson). Morning Glories. Introduction byBishop Benjamin T. Tanner. Phila. : Speaker, printer, 1890.12mo, 108 p. port.

Henderson, Elliott Blaine, Humble Folks. Poems. Preface by E. G.Burkram. Springfield, Ohio. Author.8vo, 65 p.

Heraux, Edmond. (Haitian.) Fleurs des Mornes. Poesies. Paris:Leopold Cerf, 1894.12mo, 118 p.

Heraux, Ekimond. Les Preludes, poesies, etc. Paris : Grassart, 1883.12ino, 218 p.

Horton, George M. Hope of Liberty. Raleigh Register: JosephGales & Son, 1829.

Horton, George M. Poems by a Slave. (Second edition.) Phila.,1837.

8vo, 23 p.

Horton, George M. Poems by a Slave. (In Phillis Wheatley'sBibliography by Heartman No. XXXIII.)

Horton, George M. Poems. Issued at Hillsboro by Dennis Heart,Editor of Hillsboro Recorder. Raleigh, 1845.

Horton, George M. Poems. 1850-1854.

Horton, George M. Naked Genius.23


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Horton, George M. The Black Poet. Revised by Capt. W. W. S.Banks, 9th Michigan Cavalry, and compiled by Wm. B, Smith & Co.,Southern Banks & Fireside Book Publishing House, Raleigh, N. C, 1865.

12mo, 100 p.

Jackson, Fanny M. Humility. Oberlin College, Ohio (April 18,1863).

Johnson, Adolphus. The Silver Chord Poems. Phila., Pa. : Author.8vo, 48 p. portrait.

Johnson, Fenton. A Little Dreaming. Chicago: Peterson Linotyp-ing Co., 1913.

8vo, 80 p. pict

Johnson, Fenton. Visions of the Dusk. New York: TrachlenbergCo,, 1915.16mo, 71 p. port.

Johnson, Fenton. Songs of the Soil. New York : Trachlenberg Co.,1916. 16mo, 39 p.

Johnson, Maggie Pogue. Virginia Dreams. Lyrics for the idle hour,tales of the time told in rhyme. John M. Leonard, 1910.

8vo, 64 p. port.

Johnson, James Weldon. Goyescas, an opera in three tableux, thebook by Fernando Periquet, the music by Enrique Granados Englishversion by (James Weldon Johnson). New York: G. Schirmer, 1915.

4to, 165 p.

Johnson, James Weldon. Goyescas ; or. The Rival Lovers. Englishversion in verse. New York: G. Schirmer, 1915.

8vo, 42 p.

Johnson, (Rev.) H, T. Wings of Ebony; or, Negro Soul Sourings.Phila.: A, M. E. Book Concern, 1904.

12mo, 51 p. port.

Jones, Edward Smyth. An Ode to Ethiopia.32mo.25


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Jones, Edward Smyth. The Sylvan Cabin. A centenary ode on thebirth of Lincoln and other verse with an introduction by William Stan-ley Braithwaite. Boston: Sherman, French & Co., 1911.

8vo, 96 p.

King, Jefferson. Darky Philosophy told in rhyme. Chicago : Smith 1Jubilee Music Co., 1906. /12nio, 61 pp.

Lambert, M. E. My Dream. Hymn to the New Year. (A. M. E.C. Review and St. Matthew's Journal.)

Lochard, Paul. Chants du Soir. Port au Prince, 1876.8vo.

Laviaux, Leon. Poems en Noir. Martinique, 1914.Laviaux, Leon. The Ebon Muse and other poems made Englishedby J. M. O'Hara. Portland : M. E. Smith & Sale, 1914.4to, S3 p. (200 copies)Leo's (Egbert Martin). Social Lyrics. Illustrated by Charles

Stephens. Demerara: Printed by Baldwin & Co., Georgetown, 1886.12mo, 76 p.Leo's (Egbert Martin). Leo's Poetical Works. London: Printed

for the Author, 1883, by W. H. and L. Collingridge.12ino, 224 p.

Linden, Charlotte E. Scraps of Time. Springfield, O., 1913.

Lynch, Charles. Gladys Klyne and more Harmony. Boston: TheGotham Press, 1915.12mo, 73 p.

Manzano, Juan Francisco. Flores Pasajeras. Habana, 1830.

Manzano, Francisco (Cuban). Poems (translated to French andpublished in Victor Schoelcher Abolition de I'esclavage.) Paris, 1840.

McClellan, George Marion. Poems and Storiettes. Nashville,Tenn.; Author, 1895.

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McClellan, George Maricm. The Path of Dreams. Louisville, Ky. :John P. Morton & Co., 1916.8vo, 76 p.

McGirt, James Ephraham. Avenging the Maine. (3rd revised andenlarged edition.) Philadelphia : George T. Lasher, 1901.12mo, 119 p. port.

McGirt, James E. For your sweet sake poems. Philadelphia : TheJohn C. Winston Co., 1906.12mo, 80 p. port.

McGirt, James E. The Triumphs of Ephraham.

Manzano, Juan Francisco. (Cuban.) Cantos a Lesbia. PoesiasLiricas. 4th Habana, Cuba Oficina de Arazoza y Soler impresores delGobiemo Constitucional, 1821.

IS p.

Manzano, Juan Francisco. (Translated by R. R. Madden.) Poemsby a slave in the Island of Cuba recently liberated with the history of theearly life of the Negro poet written by himself. London: Thomas Ward& Co., 1840.

8vo, 188 p.

Manzano, Juan Francisco. Zafira. Tragedy in verse, five acts, dedi-cated to Ldo. Don Ignacio Valdez Machuca. Habana: Imprenta de D.Lorenzo Mier y Teran, 1842.

Manzano, Juan Francisco. Corona Funebre consagrada a la tiernamemoria del Presbitero D. Manuel de Lara y Cadalso Cura Parroco dela Iglesia de Guadalupe. Habana : Imprenta de D. Jose S. Boloiia, 1842.

Marin, Gonzalo. (Puerto-Rico.) Romances. New York: Author,1892.

12 mo, 121 p.

Margetson, George Reginald. England in the West Indies a neg-lected and degenerating Empire. Cambridge, Mass.: Author, 1906.Svo, 35 p.

Margetson, George Reginald. Ethiopia's Flight. The Negro ques-tion ; or, the White Man's Fear. Cambridge, Mass. : Author, 1907.

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Margetson, George Reginald. Songs of Life. Boston: Sherman,French & Co., 1910.8vo, 57 p.

Margetson, George Reginald. The Fledgling Bard and the PoetrySociety. Boston : Richard G. Badger. 1916.8vo, 111 p.

Martin, Egbert (see Leo).

Medina, Antonio. Lodoiska. (Poetical Drama in 5 acts.) Habana,1849.

Medina, Antonio. Poesias. Habana, 1851.

Medina, Antonio. D. Canute Ceibamocha 6 al Guaiiro generoso.Habana, 1854.

Menard, J. W. Little Footsteps. In Memory of My Mother. (InRepository of Religion and Literature,) Baltimore, Md., Jan., 1863.Means, Sterling M. The Deserted Cabin and other Poems. Atlanta

A. B. Caldwell Co., 1915.

Menos, Solon. Mnemoniennes. A Poem. (Haitian.) Port-au-Prince, 1889.12mo.

Moore, Alice Ruth (Dunbar). Violetes and other Tales. Preface byS. F. Williams. Boston, Mass. : Monthly Review Publishing Co., 1895.

12ino, 176 p.

Moore, John Trotwood. Songs and Stones from Tennessee. Phila4delphia. Pa. : H. T. Coates & Co., 1903. /

Moravia, Charles. Roses et Camelias Poesies. Port-au-Prince Im-premerie: Madame F. Smith, 1903.

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Mossell, Gertrude B. The Work of the Afro-American Woman,verse 149-176. Philadelphia : Geo. S. Ferguson. 1898.12mo, 178 p.Paisley, J. W. Voice of Mizraim. New York: Neale Publ. Co.,1907.

12mo, 122 p.

Pajme (Rt. Rev.) Daniel Alexander. Pleasures and other Miscel-laneous Poems. Baltimore, Md. : Sherwood and Company, 1850.12mo.Placido. See Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes.

Plato, Ann. Essays including Biographical and Miscellaneous piecesin Prose and Poetry. With introduction by Rev. James W. C. Penning-ton. Hartford : Printed for the Author, 1841.16mo, 122 p.

Plumer, Mary. Poems, 1915.

Ray, H. Cordelia. Lincoln. (Written for the occasion of the un-veiling of the Freedman's monument in memory of Abraham Lincoln),April 14th, 1876. Photographic frontipiece. New York, 1893.

I2tno, 11 p.

Ray, H. Cordelia. Poems. New York: Grafton Press, 1910.12mo, 169 p.Reason, Charles L. Hope and Confidence. (In Autographs for

Freedom.) New York, 1853.

Reason, Charles L. Freedom. (In Alex. Crummell's Eulogium onThomas Clarkson.) New York: Printed by Egbert, Hovey & King,8vo, 44 p.

Romane, J. B. Sur les traites conclus entre la France et Haiti. Im-primees au Port-au-Prince por Pinard, 1841. (Haitian.)12mo, 13 p.

Rosiers, M. le Comte de (Haitian). Recueil de chants et de coupletsa la gloire de leurs Majestes et de la famille Royale d'Hayti a 1' usage,de la cour et des Hay'tiens. Sans Souci. De Timpremerie Royale.16mo, n p.

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Rowe, George Clinton. Thoughts in verse and a volume of poems.Charleston, S. C. : Kahrs, Stolze & Welch, 1887.12mo, 113 p. portr.Rowe (Rev.) George Clinton. Our Heroes; Patriotic poems onmen, w^omen and sayings of the Negro race. Charleston, S. C. : Author,

1890.12mo, 68 p.

Rowe (Rev.) George Clinton. The aim of Life; Live, learn, labor,love. Annual address delivered at Claflin University, Orangeburg, S. C,April 26, 1892. Charleston : Kahrs & Welsh, printers, 1892.

8vo, 27 p.

Serra, Rafael. (Cuban). Ecos del Alma. Ensayo literario en trescantos. 3r canto. Jamaica : Mortimer C. de Souza, Kingston, 1885.12mo.

Shackelford, W. H. Pearls in prose and poetry. Nashville, Tenn.National Baptist Publ. Board, 1907.

8vo, 82 p. portrait.

Shackelford, Otis M. Seeking the best dedicated to the Negro youth.Kansas City, Mo. : Franklin Hudson Publ. Co., 1909.8vo, 177 p.

Shackelford, W. H. Poems. Nashville, Tenn.: A. M. E. S. S. U.Press, 1915.

Shackelford, Theo. H. Mammy's Cracklin' Bread and other poems.Phila., Pa., 1916.8vo, 58 p. port.

Shoeman, Charles Henry. A Dream and other Poems. Ann ArborGeorge Wahr, 1899.16mo, 146 p.

Shoeman, Charles Henry. A Dream and other Poems. Ann Arbor,Mich. : George Wahr, 1899-1900.16ino, 202 p. 2nd edition.

Sterne, Armorel. My Mother. N. d., n. p. Author.32mo, 8vo.

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Simpson, Dr. J. McC. The Emancipated Car being an original com-position of Anti-Slavery Ballads composed exclusively for the under-ground railroad. Zanesville, Ohio: Sullivan & Brown, printers, 1874.32mo, 152 p.

Silveira Vicente. Flores y Espinas. Habana, 1873. (Cuban.)8vo, 102 p.

Sylvain, Georges (Haitian). Cric? Crac? Fables de la Fontaine.Racontees par un Montagnard Haitien et transcrites en vers Creoles, etc.Paris, 1901.

8vo, 246 p.

Tanner, B. T. (Bishop). Poem on the Death of O. V. Catto. Phila.,1871.4 p.

Temple, George Hannibal. The Epic of Columbus Bell and otherpoems. Reading, Pa. : Press of the Reading Eagle, 1900.12mo, 80 p. portrait.

Therison, Justin (Haitian). Les Chants de I'Aurore. Port-au-Prince, 1893.

12mo.

Thompson, Aaron Belford. Morning Songs. Rossmoyne, O. : Pri-vately printed, 1899.

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Thompson, Priscilla Jane. Ethiope Lays. Rossmoyne, O. : A'uthor,1900. 16mo, 95 p. portr.

Thompson, Priscilla Jane. Gleanings of Quiet Hours. Rossmoyne,O.: Author, 1907.16mo, 100 p. portr.

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Todd, Walter E. Fireside Musings. 2nd Edition. Washington,D. C. : Murray Bros., 1909.16mo, 52 p. portr.

Toomey, Richard E. S. Thoughts for True Americans. Washing-ton, D. C: Neale Publ. Co., 1901.

Turner (Rev.) H. M. The Conflict for Civil Rights, a Poem. Wash-ington, D. C. : Author, 1881.8vo. 14 p.

Valdes, Gabriel de la Concepcion. (Placido.) Aureola Poetica alSr. D. Francisco Martinez de la Rosa por las Musas del Almendares.Habana: Imp. del Gobierno, 1834.

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Walden, Islay. Miscellaneous Poems. 1st edition. WashingtonAuthor, 1873.32mo, 96 p.

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Whitman, Alberry A. Not a Man and Yet a Man. Springfield,Ohio: Republic Printing Co., 1877.8vo, 253 p. portr.

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Williams, Francis. Ode to George Haldane, governor of the Islandof Jamaica. (In Long's History of Jamaica, London, 1774 p, 478-480;also Gregoire Litterature des Negres, Paris, 1808. p. 241-244.)

Williams, Francis. Welcome, Welcome, brother debtor. London(circa) 1770.

Wilson, W, J. On Phillis Wheatley. The Slave Mother. (A. M.E. C. Review; also Anglo-African Magazine, New York, 1859).

Wright, Julius C. . Poetic Diamonds. A youth of twenty years whonever spent a day in college. Montgomery, Ala. : W. E. Allred Printing,1906.

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BIBLIOGRAPHYof the Poetical Works ofPHILLIS WHEATLEY

(Copyrighted by Charles F. Heartman.)An elegiac poem, on the Death of that celebrated Divine, and emi-nent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and learned George White-Held, Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon,

&c., &c. Who made his Exit from this transitory State, to dwell in thecelestial Realms of BHss on Lord's-Day 30th of September, 1770, whenhe was seiz'd with a Fit of the Asthma, at Newbury-Port, near Boston,New-England. In which is a Condolatory Address to His truly nobleBenefactress the worthy and pious Lady Huntingdon ; and the Orphan.Children in Georgia, who, with many Thousands are left, by the Deathof this great Man, to lament the Loss of a Father, Friend, and Bene-factor. By Phillis, A Servant Girl, of 17 years of Age, belonging to Mr.J. Wheatley, of Boston :She has been but 9 Years in this Country fromAfrica. Boston: Printed and Sold by Ezekiel Russell, in Queen-street,And John Boyles, in Marlboro'-street (1770).8 p. 12. N. Y. H. S. L. O. C.Advertised as "This Day was published" in Massachusetts Spy of Oct.

11, 1770.

(Woodcut)An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of that celebrated Divine, and Emi-nent Servant of Jesus Christ, The Late Reverend, And pious GeorgeWhitefteld, Chaplain to the right Honourable the Countess of Hunting-don, &c., &c. Who made his Exit from this transitory State, to dwellin the Celestial Realms of bliss, on Lord's-day, 30th of September, 1770,when he was seiz'd with a fit of the asthma, at Newbury-Port, near Bos-ton, in New-England. In which a condolatory address to his truly noblebenefactress the worthy and pious Lady Huntingdon,and the orphan-children in Georgia ; who, with many thousands, are left, by the death ofthis great man, to lament the Loss of a father, friend, and benefactor.By Phillis, a servant girl of 17 years of age, belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley,of Boston:and has been but 9 years in this country from Africa. (Bos-ton:) Sold by Ezekiel Russell in Queen-Street, and John Boyles, inMarlboro'-Street (1770).

1 leaf folio. L. C. P.

An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of the Rev. Mr. Whitefield, wroteby Phillis, a servant girl of 17 years of age, belonging to Mr. Wheatley,of Boston. New-York. Printed and sold by Samuel Inslee and AnthonyCar, 1770.No copy could be located, but it is advertised as "just published" in

the New York Gazette and Weekly Post Boy of October 30, 1770.

Phillis's Poem on the Death of Mr. Whitefield. (Boston 1770.)1 p. Folio. A. A. S.Contains also: "Bedlam Garland. Together with The Spinning-Wheel."

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An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of that celebrated Divine and emi-nent servant of Jesus Christ the Rev. Geo. Whitefield. By PhillisWheatley. Philadelphia : William Goddard, 1770.Copied from Hildeburn and Evans. No copy located.Ah ode of verses on the much lamented Death of the Rev. Mr.

George Whitefield, Late Chaplain to the Countess of Huntingdon; who de-parted this Life, at Newberry near Boston in New England, on the Thirtiethof September, 1770, in the Fifty-seventh Year of his Age. Compos'd inAmerica by a Negro Girl Seventeen Years of Age, and sent over to a Gentle-man of Character in London.[At End.]

_ Printed and sold for the benefit of a poor family burnt out a_ few weekssince near Shoreditch Church, that lost all they possessed, having nothinginsur'd._ Price a Penny apiece, or 5s. a Hundred to those that sell them again.Broadside, small folio, printed in double column.

An Elegiac Poem, on the Death of that celebrated Divine, GeorgeWhiteHeld. By Phillis, a servant Girl belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley ofBoston. (Boston 1770.)

1 leaf. Folio. P.H.S.The same as No. 11 without printer's name and therefore probably adifferent or second issue.

Heaven the Residence of the Saints. A Sermon Occasioned by thesudden and much lamented Death of the Rev. George Whitefield, A. M.Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon. Deliv-ered at the Thursday Lecture at Boston, in America, October 11, 1770.By Ebenezer Pemberton, D.D. Pastor of a Church in Boston. To whichis added, An Elegiac Poem on his Death, By Phillis, A Negro Girl, ofSeventeen Years of Age, Belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley of Boston. Bos-ton, Printed: London, Reprinted, For E. and C. Dilly in the Poultry;And Sold at the Chapel in Tottenham-Court Road, And at the Taber-nacle near Moorfields. M.DCC.LXXI [Price Sixpence.]

31 and 1 pp. advertisement. 8.P.U. B.A. B.U. J.C.B. N.Y.P.L. Y.U.Harvard. M.H.S. A.A.S.The Poem occupies pp. 29-31.The Boston Edition of Pemberton's Sermon does not contain thePoem.

To Miss Leonard on the Death of her Husband. By Phillis Wheat-ley. Boston (1771.)

1 leaf. Folio. P.H.S.

A Poem on Providence, written by a young female slave. (Boston?1772?).

105-110 pp. 8*. B.P. . ,. vvIn a bound volume of miscellaneous pamphlets m the Boston PublicLibrary, contains 3 leaves of some old magazine, whose title has notbeen identified.

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To the Rev. Mr. Pitkin, on the Death of his Lady. Poem by PhillisWheatley. [Dated:] Boston, June 16, 1772. (Boston: 1772.)1 page. Folio. N.Y.H.S.

To the Hon'ble Thomas Hubbard; Esq., on the Death of Mrs.Thankful! Leonard. Boston 1773.1 leaf. Folio. P.H.S.

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. By PhillisWheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New Eng-land. London: Printed for A. Bell, Bookseller, Aldgate; and sold byMessrs. Cox and Berry, King-Street, Boston. MDCCLXXIIL

Portrait. 124, (3) pp. and 1 page advertisement. 8.P.H.S. A.A.S. Y.U. N.Y.P. B.P. Y.C.B.B.U. N.Y.H.S. L.O.C. M.H.S. N.L. Harvard.Some copies of this edition have authors autograph on the back ofthe title page.

Poems on Comic, Serious, and Moral Subjects. By Phillis Wheatley,Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England. TheSecond Edition, Corrected. London: Printed for J. French, Bookseller,No. 164, Fenchurch-street, and may be had of the Booksellers in Townand Country. Price, one shilling and sixpence sewed.124 (3) pp. and 1 page advertisement. Portrait. 8. 2 copies located.

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. By PhillisWheatley. Philadelphia: W. and T. Bradford, 1774.Taken from Hildeburn. No copy located and a doubtful title.

(Pennsylvania Malgazine or American Monthly Museum for April1776 Page 193.) "The following Letters and Verses were written bythe famous Phillis Wheatley, the African Poetess, and presented to hisExcellency Geo. Washington."

Sir:I have taken the freedom,Your Excellency's most obedient humble servant,

Phillis Wheatley.Providence, Oct. 26, 1775.His Excellency Gen. Washington.(Poem follows).

8. L.O.C. P.U. N.Y.P.L. P.H.S. A.A.S.

An Elegy, Sacred to the Memory of that great Divine, the Reverendand Learned Dr. Samuel Cooper, Who departed this Life December 29,1783, .^tatis 59. By Phillis Peters. Boston: Printed and Sold by E.Russell, in Essex-Street near Liberty-Pole. M.DCC.LXXXIV.

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Liberty and Peace, A Poem. By Phillis Peters. Boston: PrintedM,DCC LXXXIV ^^^^"" ^* *^"'" ^^^^ '" Marlborough-Street.

4 pp. 4. Harvard. A.A.S. N.Y.H.S.

i,M Po^'nson Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. By PhillisWheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New Eng-land. London Printed. Philadelphia Re-Printed, and sold by Joseph^5^ank in Market-Street, Between Second and Third Streets.68 PP. 12. P.H.S. N.Y.H.S.

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. Philadelphia 178755 pp. 16*.Mentioned in Wegelin. No copy could be located save one sold atAuction January 28, 1908. Advertised at the end of Clarkson's Essay onthe Slavery, Philadelphia, 1787.

Poems on Various Subjects, religious and moral. By Phillis Wheat-ley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston in New-England.Albany: Re-Printed from the London Edition, by Barber & Southwick,For Thomas Spencer, Book-Seller, Market-Street 1793.89 (3) pp. 16. L.O.C. R.I.H.S. B.U.

The Negro Equalled by few Europeans. Translated from theFrench [of I'Abbe La Vallee]. To which are added. Poems on VariousSubjects, Moral and Entertaining; by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servantto Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England. In two volumes.Philadelphia: Printed by and for William W. Woodward, No. 17,Chestnut Street, 1801.

259-248 [238] pp. 12. A.A.S. N.Y.P. B.P. L.O.C. M.H.S.

Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. By PhillisWheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England. Dedicated to The Countess of Huntingdon. Walpole, N. H.Printed for Thomas & Thomas, By David Newhall. 1802.

86 pp. 12.A.A.S. B.A. B.P. L.O.C. N.Y.H.S. M.H.S. Harvard.

Poems, on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. By PhillisWheatley, Negro Servant to the late Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston(Mass.) Hartford: Printed by Oliver Steele, 1804.92 (2) pp. 12. A.A.S. Y.U. W.L.

A Beautiful Poem on Providence; written by a young female slave.To which is subjoined A short Account of this extraordinary Writer.Halifax, Printed by E. Gay 1805.

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Equiano, Olaudah. The interesting narrative of the life of OlaudahEquiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African. Written by himself . . .To which are added, Poems on various subjects by Phillis Wheat!ey,Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England.Halifax, Printed at the Olffice of J. Nicholson and Co., 1813.Portrait. 514 [2] pp. 12. L.O.C.

Poems, on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, By PhillisWheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New-England. London . . . Printed. Re-printed, in New-England.1816.

120 pp. 16. A.A.S. Y.U. B.P. N.Y.H.S.

Memoir and Poem of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and aSlave. Dedicated to the Friends of the Africans. (Quotation 4 line.)Boston: Published by Geo. W. Light, Lyceum Depository, 3 Cornhill.1834.

Portrait. 103 pp. 16. A.A.S. B.A. B.P. L.O.C. M.H.S. N.Y.H.S. N.L.The Memoir is written by Margaretta Matilda Odell of Jamaica Plain.This authoress was "a collateral descendant of Mrs. Wheatley, and hasbeen familiar with the name and fame of Phillis from her childhood."

Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and aSlave. Dedicated to the Friends of the Africans. (4 lines Quotation.)Second edition. Boston : Light & Horton, 1 & 3 Cornhill. SamuelHarris, Printer. 1835.

Portrait. 110 pp. 2 leaf advertisement. 16.N.L. A.A.S. Y.U. N.Y.P. M.H.S. N.Y.H.S.

Memoir and Poems of Phillis Wheatley, a Native African and aSlave. Also, Poems by a Slave. (4 line Quotation.) Third edition.Boston, Published by Isaac Knapp, No. 25 Cornhill. 1838.

Portrait. ISS pp. 16.N.L. A.A.S. B.A. B.P. L.O.C. M.H.S. N.Y.H.S. Harvard.The poems by a slave are written by George M. Horton, the Memoiris the same as in the two foregoing editions by M. M. Odell. Alibonesays: Of this edition about 200 copies, completed by reprinting a fewmissing pages, were placed on sale in 1864. No copy of this 1864 editioncould be located.

Wheatley, Banneker, and Horton; with Selections from thePoetical Works of Wheatley and Horton, and the Letter of Washing-ton to Wheatley, and of Jefferson to Banneker. By William G. Allen.Boston: Press of Daniel Laing, Jr., IJ^ Water Street. 1849.

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Poem on the capture of Gen. Charles Lee, by the British. "Thefollowing thoughts on his Excellency Major General Lee being betray'dinto the hands of the Enemy by the treachery of a pretended friend;To the Honorable James Bowdoin, Esqr. are most respectfully Inscrib'd,By his most obedient and devoted humble servant, Phillis Wheatley."Printed from manuscript, Boston, Dec. 30, 1776, in Mass. Hist. Soc.Proceedings, 1863-1864.Proposals for printing by subscription a volume of Poems & Let-ters on various subjects, dedicated to the Right Hon. Benjamin Frank-

lin, Esq : One of the Ambassadors of the United States at the Court ofFrance, BY PHILLIS PETERS. From "The Evening Post and Gen-eral Advertiser" of Oct. 30, 1779. (List follows.) In Mass. Hist. Soc.Proc. 1864-1865.

Poems on various Subjects, religious and moral. By Phillis Wheat-ley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston in New-England.With Memoirs by W. H. Jackson. Denver, Colo., W. H. Lawrence &Co. 1887 (1886).149 pp. 8. L.O.C. N.Y.P.L.Contains also Sketches of Benjamin Bannecker, James Durham andThomas Fuller.

The Poems of Phillis Wheatley. As they were originally publishedin London 1773. Philadelphia R. R. & C. C. Wright 1909.

Portrait. 88 pp. 12. L.O.C. N.Y.P.L.

Phillis Wheatley (Phillis Peters). A Critical Attempt and a Bib-liography of Her Writings. By Chas. Fred. Heartman. Ninety-nineCopies printed for the Author. New York, 1915.

Portrait and 10 Facsimiles. 47 pp. 8.Y.U. L.O.C. B.A. B.P. St.L.M.L.A. J.C.B. N.Y.P.L. A.A.S.P.H.S. N.L., etc.Number seven of Heartman's Historical Series. 91 copies printed, also8 on Japan Vellum.

Phillis Wheatley (Phillis Peters). Poems and Letters. First Col-lected Edition. Edited by Chas. Fred. Heartman. With an Apprecia-tion by Arthur A. Schomburg. Four hundred copies printed for Chas.Fred. Heartman, New York City, 1915.

Portrait. 8.Y.U. L.O.C. B.P. St.L.M.L.A. A.A.S. J.C.B. N.Y.P.L.Number eight of Heartman's Historical Series. 340 copies printed,also 50 copies on Fabriano Handmade Paper and 10 on Japan Vellum.

Six Broadsides relating to Phillis Wheatley (Phillis Peters), withPortrait and Facsimile of her Handwriting. Twenty-five Copies printedfor Chas. Fred. Heartman, New York City, 1915.

4 pages and 8 reproductions on 8 leaves. Folio. Boards.P.H.S. A.A.S. N.Y.H.S. Conn.H.S. L.O.C. J.C.B. B.P. N.Y.P.L,St.L.M.L.A. L.C.P.Partly taken from the plates used in the Bibliography. Plates destroyed.

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