Homeward Songs by the Way

Homeward Songs by the Way

Some of A.E's early poems caught the eye of Charles Weekes, an enterprising new publisher. Titled Homeward: Songs by the Way, this slim volume of verse first appeared in June 1894, where it met with some success, selling in Ireland and England. On display is the scarce 1908 Bodley Head reprint. Vale and other Poems (1931), was written during a lecture tour of America. It contains a signed, hand-drawn illustration by Russell on the title-page.

A.E., Homeward Songs by the Way. London: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1908. Private Collection. ____, Vale and Other Poems. New York: Macmillan, 1931. Private Collection

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