Essential Poems: (Illustrated) The Greatest Poems For Young and Old, By The Man Who Inspired The Inklings by George MacDonald, David Jack

Featuring over sixty illustrations (classic and modern) by various artists

George MacDonald, one of the giants of nineteenth century literature, was not only a prolific novelist, but a true poet at heart. His verses, written for both children and adults, show a playfulness and poignancy that is seldom so successfully combined, and the same spiritual richness found in the best of his prose. This new collection draws from MacDonald's greater and lesser-known works to display all these qualities to the full; and a bonus selection of (translated) Scots verse has also been provided, for it is by no means in English alone that his poetic greatness shines through.