Thoughts on anthologies

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1. Useful and Instructive Poetry. By Lewis Carroll, with an Introduction by Derek Hudson. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1954; pp. 45. $2.50. 2. Light Armour: Playful Poems on Practically Everything. By Richard Armour. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, 1954; pp. ix+118. $2.75. 3. Gentlemen's Relish. By Christopher Morley. New York: W. W. Norton Company, 1955; pp. 100. $3.00. 4. A Bowl of Bishop: Museum Thoughts and Other Verses. By Morris Bishop. New York: Dial Press, 1954; pp. 106. $3.00. 5. What Cheer. An Anthology of American and British Humorous and Witty Verse. Gathered, sifted and salted, with an Introduction by David McCord. New York: The Modern Library, 1955: pp. xliv+515. $1.45. 6. The Best Humor From Punch. Edited by William Cole, and Illustrated by Sprod. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1953; pp. 350. $3.50. 7. American Literature in Parody. Edited by Robert P. Falk. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1955; pp. 279. $3.75. 8. Guided Tour of Campus Humor. Edited by Max Shulman. New York: Hanover House, 1955; pp. xxxii+456. $2.95. 9. An Encyclopedia of Modern American Humor. Edited by Bennett Cerf. New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954; pp. xvi+688. $3.95. 10. The Golden Argosy. Edited by Van H. Cartmell and Charles Grayson. New York: Dial Press, 1955; pp. 656. $6.00. 11. A Treasury of the Familiar and A Second Treasury of the Familiar. Edited by Ralph L. Woods. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1955; pp. x+751 and xi+722. $6.50 and $6.00. 12. The Compact Treasury of Inspiration. Edited by Kenneth S. Giniger. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1955; pp. 313. $3.95. 13. Stories from the Southern Review. Edited by Cleanth Brooks and Robert Penn Warren. Baton Rouge: The Louisiana State University Press, 1953; pp. xv+435. $6.00. 14. The Antioch Review Anthology. Edited by Paul Bixler. Cleveland: The World Publishing Company, 1953; pp. ix+470. $6.00. 15. The New Partisan Reader: 1945–1953. Edited by William Phillips and Philip Rahv. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1953; pp. viii+621. $6.00. 16. A Treasury of Mississippi River Folklore. Edited by B. A. Botkin. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1955; pp. xx+620. $5.00. 17. The Devil's Pretty Daughter. Edited by Vance Randolph. New York: Columbia University Press, 1955; pp. xvi+239. $3.75. 18. The Ballad Book. Edited by MacEdward Leach. New York: Harper and Brothers, Inc., 1955; pp. xiv+842. $7.50. 19. A Treasury of American Ballads: Gay, Naughty and Classic. Edited by Charles O'Brien Kennedy. New York: The McBride Company, 1954; pp. xxvii+398. $4.75. 20. The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems. Revised, enlarged and brought up to date by Oscar Williams. New York: The New American Library, 1953: pp. 532. $.50. 21. Voices from the Past. Edited by James and Janet Maclean Todd. New York: E. P. Dutton Company, 1955; pp. 550. $6.50.