Text: C. F. Briggs (?), Literary, Broadway Journal (New York), January 18, 1845, vol. 1, no. 3, p. 35

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AN ILLUSTRATED EDITION OF BRYANT’S POEMS. — An edition of Bryant's Poems has been projected by some of the most eminent of our artists, to be illustrated by Wood Cuts, from original designs, after the manner of Hall's Book of British Ballads. Nothing of this sort has ever been attempted among us, and the project is highly honorable to the gentlemen undertaking it. We have seen one of the designs, which we consider quite as good as many of the engravings in Mr. Hall's book. If the work is to be got up in imitation of any other, the Niebelungen Lied offers a much finer example than the Book of British Ballads.

If it should be commenced, thore can be little doubt of its receiving ample support from the public; and a fitter work for illustration could not be selected than the poems of Mr. Bryant.