A Poetry Recital, published in June 1925 is a collection of poems Stephens used during his first American speaking tour in 1925. As such, the poems selected were those which could be read aloud with effect, and some are less poems than vocal excercises.
Two editions, a New York and a London one, were published in 1925 with slightly differing order and content. A new edition, dated 1926, added a foreward and seven poems to the 1925 American version. The new poems were: "Little Things," "The Snare," "The Merry Music," "The Fifteen Acres," "The Crest Jewel," "Thy Soul," and "Christmas in Freelands."
I would like to be able to find a copy of "Christmas at Freelands". My husband's fraternal grandfather was the nephew of W.T.H. Howe, the man who owned Freelands. Any information someone can give me would be appreciated. DYC
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