Colby Quarterly Volume 8 Issue 6 June Article 8 June 1969 Robinson Books and Periodicals: II Richard Cary Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cq Recommended Citation Colby Library Quarterly, series 8, no.6, June 1969, pg.334-343 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Digital Commons @ Colby. It has been accepted for inclusion in Colby Quarterly by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ Colby. Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: II 334 Colby Library Quarterly There was a road, a railroad, and a river; Then there were hills behind it, and more trees. Anyone familiar with the town of Gardiner would recognize the salient features of this description-house, hillside, road, railroad, and river. The amazing thing, in view of the fact that this last theme discussed rep!resents a sizable fraction of Robin­ son's output, is that one does not have an overwhelming sense of dismay and bleakness after reading his poetry. To sum up, there are a number of Maine influences in Robin­ son's poetry. His inlagery owes much to the sea, streams, towns, farms, and forests of Maine; the weather also had its impact. Robinson's chief interest was in character, and there were a number of recognizable "Maine" typ'es that he presented: the tall-tale artist, the eccentric individualist, the ne'er-do-well, the strong-willed stoic, and the gossip. His themes were fre­ quently related to Maine character and times. The Protestant Ethic in both its positive and negative aspects played its role. The theme of decay and dissolution was probably most prom­ inent and revealed itself in his characters and in the inlages that pervade much of the poetry. As a final word, however, I repeat my introductory suggestion that Robinson is a poet who transcends the regional and reveals the universal. ROBINSON BOOKS AND PERIODIC'ALS: II By RICHARD CARY nstallment I of this annotated registry (see preceding issue I of CLQ), presents all published materials in the Colby Col­ lege Library written by E,dwin Arlington Robinson and in­ scribed by him. This segment lists all publications written by others and inscribed by EAR. It is a misfortune to latter-day biographers and critics that his overweening respect for the printed word deterred him al­ most totally from marking texts, even those he used in classes at Gardiner High School and Harvard College. Published by Digital Commons @ Colby, 1969 1 Colby Quarterly, Vol. 8, Iss. 6 [1969], Art. 8 Colby Library Quarterly 335 Many additional titles in the Colby collection which EAR read and commented upon in his letters, but which he did not inscribe, are not included here. IV. BOOKS BY OTHERS: INSCRIBED, BY B. A. R. Aesop. The Fables of Aesop, edited by J. Walker McSpadden. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., [1903]. "To Marie / from Uncle Win / Christmas, 1904" on flyleaf. Alcott, Louisa M. Little Women. Little, Brown & Co., 1907. "Marie Robinson / from Uncle Win / Christmas, 1907" on front endleaf. Allen, J.H. & J.B. Greenough. A Latin Grammar. Boston: Ginn, Heath & Co., 1882. "E.A.R. / '83 / G.H.S." within sketch of a scroll on verso of front endleaf. "E.A. Robinson" in top margin of Preface, p. [111]. American Poetry 1925, A Miscellany. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., [1925]. "To / Lilla Cabot Perry / from B.A. / 1925" on front endleaf. Ammers-Kiiller, Jo van. The Rebel Generation, translated by M.W. Hoper. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., [1928]. "For / Lilla Cabot Perry / from / E.A. Robinson'~ on front endleaf. Austen, Jane. Emma. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1877. "E.M.M. / Dec 25 '92" on title page. --------. Mansfield Park. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1890. '~Edwin A. Robinson / Nov. 1891" on front endleaf. --------. Mansfield Park. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1867. "E.M. M. / Dec 25 '92" on title page. --------. Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauch­ nitz, 1871. "E.M.M. / Dec 25 '92" on title page. --------. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1890. "Edwin A. Robinson / Oct. 1891" on front endleaf. --------. Pride and Prejudice. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1870. "E. M.M. / Dec 25 '92" on title page. --------. Sense and Sensibility. Leipzig: Bernhard Tauchnitz, 1864. "E. M.M. / Dec 25 '92" on title page. Bible, Holy. The Oxford Self-Pronouncing Bible. Oxford: Oxford University Press, [1902]. "E.A. Robinson" on flyleaf. Brown, Dorothy. Calico Rags and Bits of Silk. [San Pedro, Calif.: Krieger Printing Co.], 1932. "919 Gaffey St / San Pedro Cal" on front endleaf. Browning, Oscar. Life of George Eliot. London: Walter Scott, 1890. "E.A. Robinson" on front endleaf. Browning, Robert. Selections from the Poetical Works. First Series. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1894. "E. Mabel Moore, / 25 De­ cember, 1896. / E.A.R." on title page. --------. Selections from the Poetical Works. Second Series. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1894. "E.M.M." on title page. Buchheim, Emma S., editor, German Poetry for Beginners. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1889. "E.A. Robinson / 146 Camb. St." on front endpaper. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cq/vol8/iss6/8 2 Cary: Robinson Books and Periodicals: II 336 Colby Library Quarterly Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim's Progress, and Holy War. London: Wil­ liam P. Nimmo, 1874. "Robinson / Gardiner / Me." on added en­ graved title page. -------. The Pilgrim's Progress, introduction by Handley C. G. Mollie. London: Ernest Nister, n.d. "To Barbara Robinson / from Uncle Win / Christmas, 1906" on front endleaf. Byron, George Gordon. The Complete Poetical and Dramatic Works, edited by John Nichols & J.C. Jeaffreson. Philadelphia: John High­ lands, 1886. "E.A. Robinson, / Gardiner, Me. / Dec 6, 1888" on flyleaf. Carlyle, Thomas. Sartor Resartus. London: Ward, Lock & Bowden, 1896. "J. W. Marr / from E.A. Robinson / March 1897" on front endleaf. Cervantes, Miguel de. The Adventures of D'on Quixote of La Mancha. London: J.M. Dent & Co., 1902. "To Ruth / from Uncle Win / Christmas, 1905" on front endleaf. Chardenal, C.A. First French Course. London, Paris: Hachette, [1887]. "E.A. Robinson" on front cover. "Edwin A. Robinson. / Harvard Oct. 1891" on front endleaf. --------. Second French Course. London, Paris: Hachette, n.d. "E.A. Robinson" on front cover. "Edwin A. Robinson" on front end­ paper. "Edwin A. Robinson / French A. Harvard Feb 12, '92 on title page. "E.A. Robinson" on fore-edge. Chesterton, G.K. Charles Dickens: A Critical Study. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1907. "Ruth Robinson / from Uncle Win / Christ­ mas, 1908" on front endleaf. Church, Alfred. Ovid. New York: John B. Alden, 1883. "E.A. Rob­ inson / July 1887" on front endleaf. [Clemens, Samuel L.]. The Prince and the Pauper, by Mark Twain. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904. "To Marie Robinson / from Uncle Win / Christmas, 1906" on front endleaf. Cobbett, William. English Grammar, revised by Alfred Ayres. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1890. "Edwin A. Robinson, / Harvard, Nov 18, '91" on front endleaf. Collins, W. Lucas. Virgil. New York: John B. Alden, 1885. "E.A. Robinson / 1888" on front endleaf. Collins, Wilkie. The Moonstone, introduction by T.S. Eliot. [London]: Oxford University Press, [1928]. "George Burnham / from B.A. Robinson / April 17, 1930" on front endleaf. Coppee, Fran~ois. Contes en Prose. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1886. "Edwin A. Robinson / 1893" on title page. --------. Contes Rapides. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, 1889. "Edwin A. Robinson / 1893" on title page. Une Idylle pendant Ie Siege. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, n.d. "Edwin A. Robinson / 1893" on title page. -------. Toute une Jeunesse. Paris: Alphonse Lemerre, n.d. "Edwin A. Robinson / 1893" on title page. Cullen, Countee. Copper Sun. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927. "B.A. Robinson" on front endleaf. Published by Digital Commons @ Colby, 1969 3 Colby Quarterly, Vol. 8, Iss. 6 [1969], Art. 8 Colby Library Quarterly 337 Dante [Alighieri]. The Vision; or, Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, trans­ lated by H.F. Cary. New York: John B. Alden, 1883. "E.A. Robinson / June 1887" on front endleaf. De La Mare, Walter. The Fleeting, and Other Poems. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933. "E.A. Robinson" on front endleaf. DeMorgan, William. Somehow Good. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1908. "Ruth Robinson / from Uncle Win / Christmas, 1909" on front endleaf. DeQuincy, Thomas. The Collected Writings, vol. X, edited by David Masson. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1890. "Edwin A. Robinson, / Dec 19, 1891" on title page. The Collected Writings, vol. XIII, edited by David Masson. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1890. "Edwin A. Robinson / Dec 19, 1891" on title page. --------. Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, introduction by Wil­ liam Sharp. London: Walter Scott, n.d. "Edwin A. Robinson / Dec 17, 1891 / English 9. / Harvard" on front endleaf. Eddington, A.S. The Nature of the Physical World. New York: Mac­ millan Co., 1929. "George Burnham / from E.A. Robinson / May 10, 1929" on front endleaf. Edgeworth, Maria. Stories of Ireland: Castle Rackrent. The Absentee, introduction by Henry Morley. London: George Routledge & SODS, 1886. "E.A. Robinson / Nov. 1891" on front endpaper. "Edwin A. Robinson, / Nov. 1891" on title page. Emerson, Ralph Waldo. Poems. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1898. "G.E. Burnham / From E.A. Robinson / 1 June 1898" on title page. Flaubert, Gustave. Madame Bovary. Paris: G. Charpentier et E. Fas­ quelle, 1892. "E. A. Robinson / 1893" on title page. Gautier, Theophile. Le Capitaine Fracasse, 2 vols. Paris: G. Char­ pentier et E. Fasquelle, 1892. "Edwin A. Robinson / 1893" on title page of both volumes. Goethe. The Complete Dramatic Works, 2 vols. New York: John D. Williams, 1887. "E.A. Robinson / Cambridge May 1893" on front endleaf of both volumes. --------. Faust. Berlin: G. Grotesche, 1888. "E.A. Robinson, / Harvard, May, 1893" on title page. Goldsmith, Oliver. The Poems and Plays, introduction by William Tirebuck.