Poems.
Sutton, Henry S. (Septimus). Poems. Nottingham: R. Sutton Review Office, 1848. First edition. Original green cloth, gilt lettered on the spine and the front, decorated in blind. Frances Power Cobbe's copy, her bookplate. Published by Sutton's father, a bookseller and newspaper publisher. A little wear and staining, front endpapers cracked. The edge of the spine cloth, bottom rear, is torn. A Very Good copy of a scarce book.
Sutton (1825-1901) was greatly influenced by Emerson's writings. Emerson biographer George Searle Phillips (aka January Searle), wrote that "Emerson, the sage and seer,.....speaking of our great Spiritual Men, classed Henry Sutton among the highest. This we think....is a far higher honor than any monarch can bestow." (review in The Truth-Seeker in the Present Age, London, 1849). In 1847 there had been Evangel of Love, a small book in prose, "....which closely echoed Emerson. A friend of Thomas Carlyle showed it to Emerson, who "....declared it to be worthy of George Herbert" (W.B. Owen in DNB).
When Emerson visited England in 1847, he invited Sutton to meet him, and a lifelong friendship ensued. Bronson Alcott thought Sutton was a "profound religious genius". His poem "Rose's Diary", ".....was admired by Christina Rossetti, James Martineau, and Frances Power Cobbe - the book became (her) constant companion." (DNB). Two volumes bound here, separate title pages and pagination, Poems, 98 pp. and Clinton Grove Garland, 59 pp. These were also issued separately.
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