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[Illustration: (Smoker)]
PIPE AND POUCH
THE
SMOKER'S OWN BOOK OF POETRY
COMPILED BY
JOSEPH KNIGHT
[Illustration]
BOSTON
JOSEPH KNIGHT COMPANY
1895
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_COPYRIGHT, 1894,_
BY JOSEPH KNIGHT.
UNIVERSITY PRESS:
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
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DEDICATED
TO MY FRIEND AND FELLOW-SMOKER,
WALTER MONTGOMERY JACKSON.
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PREFACE.
This is an age of anthologies. Collections of poetry covering a wide
range of subjects have appeared of late, and seem to have met with
favor and approval. Not to the busy man only, but to the student of
literature such compilations are of value. It is sometimes objected
that they tend to discourage wide reading and original research; but
the overwhelming flood of books would seem to make them a necessity.
Unless one has the rare gift of being able to sprint through a book,
as Andrew Lang says Mr. Gladstone does, it is surely well to make
use of the labors of the industrious compiler.
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