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- Aldrich, Thomas Bailey
- The Poems of Thomas Bailey Aldrich, by Frank Dempster Sherman
(Century Magazine, 1891B)
- An American writer, poet, critic, and editor. He is noted for his long editorship of The Atlantic Monthly.
- Alexander, Cecil Frances
- Cecil Frances Alexander [Hymnist], by William Cowan
(Girl's Own Paper, 1896)
- Arnold, Matthew
- Matthew Arnold
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- Matthew Arnold, by Florence Earl Coates
(Century Magazine, 1894A)
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett & Robert
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning, by Mrs. Lizzie Lewis
(Demorest, 1879)
- The Early Writings of Robert Browning
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- A look at Browning's early life as well as his writings.
- Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, by Anne Thackeray Ritchie
(Harper's Monthly, 1892A)
- Impressions of Browning and His Art, by Stopford A. Brooke
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- Bryant, William Cullen
- Bryant and Longfellow
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- The friendship between Bryant and Longfellow, as seen in some of Bryant's letters.
- William Cullen Bryant and the Berkshire Hills, by Arthur Lawrence
(Century Magazine, 1895B)
- Cary, Alice & Phoebe
- Memoirs of Alice and Phoebe Cary
(Demorest, 1873)
- Of particular interest is poet Alice Cary's address, on the second page, regarding the reasons for establishing a "women's club."
- Cornwall, Barry
- "Barry Cornwall" and Some of His Friends, by James T. Fields
(Harper's Monthly, 1875B, 1876A)
- Poet Bryan Waller Procter.
- Craik, Dinah Maria
- A Model Novelist: The Author of John Halifax, Gentleman
(Girl's Own Paper, 1888)
- "Mrs. Craik [aka Miss Mulock], novelist, essayist, magazine writer, and poet."
- The Late Mrs. Craik
(Demorest, 1888)
- de Vere, Aubrey
- Aubrey de Vere,
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Dobson, Austin
- Austin Dobson, by Andrew Lang
(Century Magazine, 1884B)
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- The Homes and Haunts of Emerson
(Scribners, 1879A)
- George Eliot and Emerson
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- Emerson's Personality, by Emma Lazarus
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- Emerson, by Edmund C. Stedman
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- Early Letters of Emerson, by Mary S. Withington
(Century Magazine, 1883B)
- Emerson's Talks with a College Boy, by Charles J. Woodbury
(Century Magazine, 1890A)
- Mary Moody Emerson, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Atlantic Monthly, 1883)
- Ralph Waldo Emerson's aunt.
- Gilbert, W.S.
- W.S. Gilbert
(Scribners, 1879B)
- W.S. Gilbert - Illustrated Interviews
(The Strand, 1891B)
- The "Gilbert" of "Gilbert and Sullivan."
- Havergal, Frances Ridley
- Frances Ridley Havergal, by Alice King
(Girl's Own Paper, 1888)
- Writer and poetess (and author of many Victorian greeting card verses).
- Hervey, Thomas Kibble
- Thomas Kibble Hervey (obit)
(Gentleman's Magazine, 1859)
- Holmes, Oliver Wendell
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Scribners, 1879B)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, by Edmund C. Steadman
(Century Magazine, 1885A)
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, by Annie Fields
(Century Magazine, 1895A)
- Personal recollections and unpublished letters.
- Hood, Thomas
- Thomas Hood - Punster, Poet, Preacher, by the Rt. Rev. T.U. Dudley, DD
(Harper's Monthly, 1891A)
- Howells, William Dean
- William Dean Howells
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- An American poet.
- Hunt, Leigh
- Leigh Hunt
(Century Magazine, 1882A)
- Jackson, Helen
- Mrs. Helen Jackson ("H.H.")
(Century Magazine, 1886A)
- Landor, Walter Savage
- Some Letters of Walter Savage Landor
(Century Magazine, 1888A)
- Lanier, Sidney
- Sidney Lanier, [American] Poet, by William Hayes Ward
(Century Magazine, 1884A)
- Lazarus, Emma
- Emma Lazarus
(Century Magazine, 1888B)
- Locker, Frederick
- Frederick Locker, by J. Brander Matthews
(Century Magazine, 1883A)
- Lover, Samuel
- The Author of "Rory O'More" - Recollections of Samuel Lover, by his daughter, Fanny Schmid
(Century Magazine, 1897A)
- Lowell, James Russell
- James Russell Lowell
(Harper's Monthly, 1881A)
- James Russell Lowell, by Edmund Clarence Stedman
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- Lowell's Recent Writings
(Century Magazine, 1888B)
- James Russell Lowell, Poet and Citizen
(Century Magazine, 1891B)
- James Russell Lowell, by George E. Woodberry
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- Lowell's Americanism, by Joel Benton
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- A letter by the poet concerning two poems of 1875 that "described certain dangerous symptoms of the body politic."
- Three Letters from James Russell Lowell, by Mary A. Clarke
(Century Magazine, 1896A)
- Moore, Clement
- The Author of "A Visit from St. Nicholas," by Clarence Cook
(Century Magazine, 1898A)
- O'Hara, Theodore
- Theodore O'Hara, by Robert Burns Wilson
(Century Magazine, 1890B)
- American poet, journalist, and Confederate colonel.
- O'Reilly, John Boyle
- John Boyle O'Reilly as a Poet of Humanity, by George Parsons Lathrop
(Century Magazine, 1892A)
- Parsons, Thomas William
- A Portrait of Thomas William Parsons, by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Poe, Edgar Allan
- Poe's Mary, by Augustus Van Cleef
(Harper's Monthly, 1889A)
- Selections from the Correspondence of Edgar Allan Poe, by G.E. Woodberry
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Selections from letters of "Poe in the South," "Poe in Philadelphia," and "Poe in New York."
- Procter, Adelaide Anne
- Adelaide Anne Proctor, by Charles Dickens
(Atlantic Monthly, 1865)
- Adelaide Anne Proctor
(Demorest, 1879)
- Read, Thomas Buchanan
- The Poetry of Read, by Charles J. Peterson (Peterson's, 1856)
- Rossetti, Christina
- Christina Rossetti, by Edmund Gosse
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- Christina Rossetti: An Appreciation, by Isabella Fyvie Mayo
(Girl's Own Paper, 1898)
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe
- The Last Days of Percy Bysshe Shelley, by Guido Biagi
(Harper's Monthly, 1892A)
- A rather ghoulish (yet fascinating) article that investigates both the discovery of the bodies of Shelley and his companions, who were drowned in a somewhat mysterious boating accident in Italy, and the disposition of Shelley's remains by cremation.
- A Search for Shelley's American Ancestor, by John Malone
(Century Magazine, 1892B)
- Shelley's Work, by George E. Woodberry
(Century Magazine, 1892B)
- Shelley in Italy, by Richard Garnett
(English Illustrated Magazine, 1895A)
- Stedman, Edmund Clarence
- Edmund Clarence Stedman, by Royal Cortissoz
(Century Magazine, 1894B)
- Edmund Clarence Stedman (October 8, 1833 – January 18, 1908) was an American poet, critic, essayist, banker, and scientist. - Wikipedia
- Taylor, Bayard
- Bayard Taylor
(Scribner's, 1879A)
- Bayard Taylor (January 11, 1825 - December 19, 1878) was an American poet, literary critic, translator, travel author, and diplomat. - Wikipedia
- Tennyson, Alfred Lord
- Recollections of Lord Tennyson, by John Addington Symonds
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- "An evening at Thomas Woolner's."
- Tennyson's Early Days
(The Strand, 1891B)
- The Voice of Tennyson, by Henry Van Dyke
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- The Handwriting of Alfred Lord Tennyson , by J. Holt Schooling
(The Strand, 1894B)
- A Visit to Tennyson, by Lewis Carroll
(Strand, 1901A)
- A previously unpublished letter from Carroll to Tennyson (his cousin) written in 1859. Apparently in the smoking-room during this visit, Tennyson told a number of stories of horrible murders!
- Very, Jones
- Jones Very by William P. Andrews
(Century Magazine, 1882B)
- Whittier, John Greenleaf
- John Greenleaf Whittier
(Scribners, 1879B)
- Whittier, by Edmund Stedman
(Century Magazine, 1885B)
- The American Poet Whittier, by H. Savile Clark
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1885)
- Whittier, by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- A Memory of Whittier, by Sarah Ellen Palmer
(Century Magazine, 1894A)
- Whitman, Walt
- Walt Whitman in War-Time
(Century Magazine, 1893B)
- "Hospital letters" from Walt Whitman to his mother during the Civil War.
- Wilson, John
- "Crusty Christopher" (John Wilson), by Henry A. Beers
(Century Magazine, 1893A)
- • See also International Poets & Songwriters
- Some London Poets
(Harper's Monthly, 1882A)
- Women as Hymn Writers, and What They Have Done, by the Rev. T.B. Willson
(Girl's Own Paper, 1885)
- Twelve Years of British Song, by Edmund Steadman
(Century Magazine, 1887B)
- An overview of British Victorian poets and poetry.
- Memories, by E.F. Bridell-Fox
(Girl's Own Paper, 1890)
- A collection of handwritten letters and signatures of famous poets.
- Some Popular Hymns, and How They Were Written, by Francis Arthur Jones
(The Strand, 1895A)
- Christmas Card Poets, by W.J. Wintle
(Windsor, 1897B)
- Two Pairs of Modern Poets, by Alexander Japp
(Cassell's Family Magazine, 1895)
- Lewis Morris, Austin Dobson, Jean Ingelow, and Christina Rossetti
- Modern Women Songwriters, by Esther Palliser
(Girl's Own Paper, 1896)
- Poets' Autographs
(Windsor Magazine, 1896A)
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