cover image Robert Browning

Robert Browning

Robert Browning. Sterling Publishing (NY), $14.95 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-8069-5543-8

Two additions to the Poetry for Young People series include Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. by Frances Schoonmaker, illus. by Chad Wallace, and Robert Browning, ed. by Eileen Gillooly, illus. by Joel Spector. Both follow the format of previous titles, beginning with a brief biography and incorporating a generous sampling of the poet's works. The first volume features an excerpt from Longfellow's ""The Song of Hiawatha"" and his complete ""Paul Revere's Ride."" Browning's ""My Last Duchess"" and his relationship to his wife, poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, gain attention in the latter volume. ( May)