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An Exhibition of the Work of
ROBERT FROST
In connection with the opening of
The John Scott Craig Reading Room
in the Reis Library and the delivery
of The John C. Sturtevant Lecture
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE
MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
May 5-7, 1938

To the Thawing Wind
Cous with rain, O loud Southwester!
Bring the singer, bring the nester;
Give the buried flower a dream;
Make the settled snow-bank steam;
Find the brown beneath the white;
But whate'er you do to-night,
Bathe my window, make it flow,
Melt it as the ice will go;
Melt the glass and leave the sticks
Like a hermit’s crucifia;;
Burst into my narrow stall;
Swing the picture on the wall;
Run the rattling pages o'er;
Scatter poems on the floor;
Turn the poet out of door.
—ROBERT FROST
ROBERT FROST

TO THE READER
It is with great pride that we welcome Robert Frost on his
third visit to the campus of Allegheny College. In 1924 and again
in 1930 he was the guest of the college; and it is especially fitting
that he, whose poetry is known and loved throughout the United
States, should return now to open the John Scott Craig Reading
Room and to deliver the John C. Sturtevant lecture.
This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publica-
tion of Mr. Frost's first book, A BOY'S WILL, in April, 1913. In the
first American review of that volume, in Poetry for May, 1913,
Ezra Pound wrote in part as follows: “Mr. Frost’s book . . . has
the tang of the New Hampshire woods, and it has just this utter
sincerity. He has now and then such a swift and bold expres-
sion as “The whimper of the hawks beside the sun.’ He has now
and then a beautiful simile, well used . . . He is without sham and
without affectation.”
It is an interesting coincidence that just twenty-three years
ago, on May 5, 1915, Mr. Frost was at Tufts College as Phi Beta
Kappa poet. That occasion was probably his first public reading
after his return from England.
The college is happy to take this opportunity of presenting the
accompanying exhibit of Mr. Frost's work. With a few important
exceptions, for which credit is given in the following list, the items
in this exhibit are taken from my personal library. Items 4 to 35
represent a complete collection, I believe, of Mr. Frost's publica-
tions in book or pamphlet form. The list of books other than Mr.
Frost’s own which contain first book appearance of his poems,
items 36 to 58, is complete. The prose appearances and critical
appreciations in books are necessarily selected.
I wish to thank the following persons for their kind coopera-
tion: Frederick B. Adams, Jr., of New York City; H. Bacon Colla-
more, of Hartford, Connecticut; Charles R. Green, The Jones Li-
brary, Amherst, Massachusetts; and John S. Van E. Kohn, Col-
lectors' Bookshop, New York City. Through the courtesy of Henry
Holt and Company, permission has been granted to use the por-
trait of Mr. Frost, and to reprint the poem “To the Thawing
Wind.”
Finally, I wish to express to Mr. Frost himself not only my
grateful appreciation for his permission to print the letter to One
of his early critics, but also my personal pleasure at his return to
Allegheny College.
MARTIN K. HOWES.
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AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL
1. Manuscripts.
a. “FOR ONCE THEN SOMETHING.”
The original manuscript of this poem, One page, which was printed in
Harper’s Magazine for July 1920 and then published in NEW HAMP-
SHIRE in 1923.
Lent by courtesy of Charles R. Green, The Jones Library.
b. Untitled manuscript, three pages.
This was printed as “Ten Books That Should Be in Every Public Li-
ibrary” in Books We Like—Siarty-Two Answers . . . Boston, Massachu-
setts Library Association, Inc., 1936.
Lent by courtesy of Charles R. Green, The Jones Library.
C. “AT WOODWARD’S GARDENS” and “IRIS BY NIGHT.”
The Original manuscript of these poems which were printed in A FUR-
THER RANGE in 1936.
Lent by courtesy of H. Bacon Collamore.
2. Early letter by Mr. Frost.
This letter was written to one of his first American critics, Mr. H. S.
Jacobs, Subsequent to the printing in The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 24,
1915, of Jacobs' review: A New Poet of the Hills. “North of Boston” by
Robert Frost, Sounds a New Note in Our Literature. With Mr. Frost’s
permission the letter is printed here in its entirety.
Littleton N. H.
April 29 1915
Dear Sir:
We See???, to like €0.Ch.
other's writing: you say you like
Trline (lºnd I Should have to be
7m O're than hºw?nan, not to like
g/Ours when you say it. I sha’n’t
forget what I owe you and some
others for deciding to let me come
home and be a poet in my Own
country. I particularly like the
terms on which you accept me.
You might have been a
little kinder to my first book
It contains eight or ten really
good lyrics. Of Course you had
to “say it as you saw it”; but you
7may live to see it differently and
100 mt to make the book, a mends.
I wish I might be permitted to look
you up sometime when I am in
New York and thank you personally
for the Eagle article. And if you are
in these mountains, will you try
to find me? This gives you my
Oddress.
Sincerely yours,
Robert Frost
ROBERT FROST’S FIRST PUBLISHED POEM
3. MY BUTTERFLY, An Elegy, by Robert Lee Frost.
4.
5.
6.
7.
In The Independent, November 8, 1894.
The only appearances of Mr. Frost in print prior to “My Butterfly” were
four poems in four separate numbers of the High School Bulletin, Law-
rence, Massachusetts, 1890-92.
Lent by courtesy of Charles R. Green, The Jones Library.
ROBERT FROST’S FIRST PUBLISHED BOOK
A BOY'S WILL, London, David Nutt, 1913.
First English edition. Issued in four bindings, all of which are shown.
a. The rare first binding in bronze pebbled cloth.
'b. The Second binding in cream Vellum boards, printed in red.
Lent by courtesy of John S. Van E. Kohn.
c. The third binding in cream-colored wrappers.
d. The fourth binding, also in cream-colored wrappers, but with differ-
ent lettering. TWO Copies are shown. The second is opened to the title
page, which bears a signed inscription by the author.
NORTH OF BOSTON, London, David Nutt, 1914.
First English edition. Four binding Variants are shown.
a. The first binding in green buckram, gilt lettering, blind rule all
around the front cover.
b. Dark green cloth binding, blind lettering on front cover, and gilt
lettering on Spine, with blind rule all around the front cover.
c. Blue cloth binding with black lettering, all edges trimmed. One of
41 copies.
Lent by Courtesy of John S. Van E. Kohn.
d. Green buckram, gilt lettering, blind rule at top and bottom of front
cover. One of 200 copies thus bound in 1922. A Second copy is opened
to a presentation inscription on the front end paper.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF ANY BOOK BY ROBERT FROST
NORTH OF BOSTON, New York, Henry Holt, 1914. [1915].
One hundred fifty sets of sheets of NORTH OF BOSTON were bought by
Henry Holt from the firm of David Nutt. These were bound in tan
paper-covered boards, with brown cloth spine, and an American title
page was tipped in on the stub of the canceled title page. We are happy
to show a copy of this rare book, of which only six copies are at present
known.
Lent by courtesy of Frederick B. Adams, Jr.
FIRST BOOK OF ROBERT FROST PRINTED IN AMERICA
NORTH OF BOSTON, New York, Henry Holt, 1915.
Second edition. Blue cloth, front cover and spine stamped in gilt.
8. A BOY'S WILL, New York, Henry Holt, 1915.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
First American edition. Three variants are shown.
a. Smooth blue cloth, white end papers, with “aind” in the last line on
page 14.
b. Smooth blue cloth, white end papers, with the misprint corrected to
“and”. Shown with the dust jacket.
c. Rough blue cloth, brown end papers, with the misprint on page 14
corrected.
MOUNTAIN INTERVAL, New York, Henry Holt, [1916].
a. First issue, with line 6 on page 88 omitted and line 7 repeated. Two
copies are shown; one is opened to this page and the second is opened
to a signed unpublished poem in the author’s hand on the front end
paper.
b. Second issue. The duplication on page 88 has been eliminated by
the cancellation of the original heaf and tipping in a corrected leaf on
the stub.
NORTH OF BOSTON, New York, Henry Holt, [1917].
A late printing of this title bound in full dark green limp leather, front
cover and Spine stamped in gilt, top edges gilt. This binding was ap-
parently designed as a gift book. The copy shown is one of two known
COpleS.
NORTH OF BOSTON, with illustrations by James Chapin, New York,
Henry Holt, [1919].
first illustrated edition.
SELECTED POEMS, New York, Henry Holt, 1923.
PULITZER AWARD FOR POETRY-1924
NEW HAMPSHIRE, A POEM WITH NOTES AND GRACE NOTES, with
woodcuts by J. J. Lankes, New York, Henry Holt, 1923.
a. The limited edition. One of 350 large paper copies, numbered and
signed by the author.
b. First trade edition. Two copies are shown; the first is closed, the
Second Opened to the title page.
AN OLD MAN'S WINTER NIGHT, Northampton, Massachusetts, The
Hampshire Bookshop, 1924.
Lent by courtesy of Charles R. Green, The Jones Library.
SEVERAL SHORT POEMS, n.p., n.d., [1924].
Printed for distribution at Robert Frost lectures.
WEST-RUNNING BROOK, with woodcuts by J. J. Lankes, New York,
Henry Holt, [1928].
a. The limited edition. One of 1000 numbered copies signed by the
author and the artist.
b. First trade edition.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
SELECTED POEMS, New York, Henry Holt, [1928].
Revised edition, first printing.
A WAY OUT, A One-Act Play, New York, The Harbor Press, 1929.
One of 485 numbered copies, signed by the author.
THE COW'S IN THE CORN, A One-Act Irish Play in Rhyme, Gaylords-
ville, The Slide Mountain Press, 1929.
One of 91 copies, numbered and signed. Two copies are shown, the first
closed, the Second opened to the title page.
THE LOVELY SHALL BE CHOOSERS, New York, Random House, 1929.
One of 475 copies. This pamphlet is one of a set of twelve brochures,
each containing a new poem by a contemporary American poet, issued
as the Random House Poetry QuartOS.
CHRISTMAS TREES, n.p., n.d., [1929].
One of 275 copies, bearing four different imprints.
Lent by courtesy of Charles R. Green, The Jones Library.
PULITZER AWARD FOR POETRY-1931
COLLECTED POEMS, New York, Random House, 1930.
One of a limited edition of 1000 numbered copies, signed by the author.
COLLECTED POEMS, New York, Henry Holt, [1930].
First trade edition. Two copies are shown. The first is closed. The
Second is Opened to the title page, which bears a presentation inscription
by the author.
THE AUGUSTAN BOOKS OF POETRY: ROBERT FROST, London,
[1932].
First issue, in white printed wrappers. The copy shown is autographed
by the author On the front COver. -
THE LONE STRIKER, [New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1933].
TWO TRAMPS IN MUD-TIME, [New York, The Spiral Press], Christ-
mas 1934. - º
One of 775 copies printed, bearing six different imprints.
A BOY'S WILL, with woodcut by Thomas W. Nason on title page, New
York, Henry Holt, [1934].
First 1934 edition. Two copies are shown; the first is closed, the Sec-
ond opened to the title page which bears the autograph of the author.
SELECTED POEMS, New York, Henry Holt, [1934].
Third edition, first printing. The copy shown is opened to the title page,
which bears a presentation inscription by the author.
THREE POEMS, Hanover, N. H., Baker Library Press, [1935].
This is the first and, to date, only reprinting of three poems which ap-
peared in The Independent, two in 1897 and the other in 1901.
THE GOLD HESPERIDEE, [Cortland, N. Y., The Bibliophile Press, 1935].
Three variants are shown.
31. NEITHER OUT FAR NOR IN DEEP, with woodcut by J. J. Lankes, [The
Spiral Press], Christmas 1935.
One of 1235 copies printed, bearing eight different imprints.
32. FROM SNOW TO SNOW, New York, Henry Holt, [1936].
a. This pamphlet was published for free distribution to the National
Education ASSOciation at their annual meeting in March, 1936.
b. First trade edition.
c. Second trade edition.
PULITZER AWARD FOR POETRY-1937
33. A FURTHER RANGE, New York, Henry Holt, [1936].
a. The limited edition. One of 803 numbered copies, signed by the au-
thor. Two copies are shown. The first is closed. The second is open-
ed to the front end paper where the author has inscribed eight lines of
poetry.
b. First trade edition.
34. SELECTED POEMS, London, Jonathan Cape, [1936].
This book contains introductory essays by W. H. Auden, C. Day Lewis,
Paul Engle, and Edwin Muir—the only book by Robert Frost to contain
material by other persons.
35. TO A YOUNG WRETCH, with woodcut by J. J. Lamkes, [New York, The
Spiral Press], December 1937.
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BOOKS OTHER THAN MIR. FROST'S OWN WHICH CONTAIN FIRST
BOOK APPEARANCE OF HIS POEMS
36. Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1915, edited by William Stanley Braith-
waite. New York, Gomme & Marshall, 1915.
Birches
The Road Not Taken
37. A Treasury of War Poetry, edited by George Herbert Clarke. Boston,
Houghton Mifflin, 1917.
Not to Keep
38. Others for 1919: An Anthology of the New Verse, edited by Alfred Kreym-
borg, New York, Nicholas L. Brown, 1920.
The Axe-Helve
39. American, and British Verse from The Yale Review, New Haven, Yale Uni-
versity Press, 1920.
To Edward Thomas
40. A Miscellany of American Poetry, 1920, New York, Harcourt, Brace and
Howe, 1920.
Plowmen
Good-Bye and Keep Cold
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
The Runaway
The Parlor Joke (only printing)
Fragmentary Blue
The Lockless DOOr
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1920, edited by William Stanley Braith-
waite. Boston, Small, Maynard, [1920].
Place for a Third
Star Points . . . Selected by Mrs. Waldo Richards. Boston, Houghton
Mifflin, 1921.
The Valley's Singing Day
The Onset
Snow Dust
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1921, edited by William Stanley Braith-
waite. Boston, Small, Maynard, [1921].
A Hillside Thaw
Misgiving
The Need of Being Versed in Country Things
A Star in a Stone-Boat
The Pilgrim Spirit—A Pageant in Celebration of the Tercentenary of the
Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December 21, 1620,
written and produced by George P. Baker. Boston, Marshall Jones, [1921].
The Return of the Pilgrims (only printing in its entirety)
American Poetry, 1922, A Miscellany, New York, Harcourt, Brace [1922].
Fire and Ice
The Grindstone
The Witch Of CoöS
A Brook in the City
Design
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1926, edited by William Stanley Braith-
waite. Boston, B. J. Brimmer, 1926. -
The Passing Glimpse
American Poetry, 1927, A Miscellany, New York, Harcourt, Brace, [1927].
Sand Dunes
The Flower Boat
The Birthplace
Lodged
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1927, edited by William Stanley Braith-
waite. Boston, B. J. Brimmer, 1927.
The Minor Bird
Tree at My Window
The Times Table
The Cocoon
The Common Fate
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1928, edited by William Stanley Braith-
Waite. New York, Harold Vinal, Ltd., 1928.
The Armful
Blood
The Bear
The Second American Caravan, edited by Alfred Kreymborg and others.
New York, Macaulay, 1928.
The Walker
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1929, edited by William Stanley Braith-
waite. New York, George Sully, 1929.
The Middletown Murder
The Best Poems of 1934, selected by Thomas Moult. London, Jonathan
Cape Limited, [1934].
On the Heart’s Beginning to Cloud the Mind
Come Christmas: A Selection of Christmas Poetry . . . edited by Lesley
Frost. New Edition. New York, Coward-McCann, [1935].
Good Relief
The Best Poems of 1935, selected by Thomas Moult. London, Jonathan
Cape Limited, [1935].
They Were Welcome to Their Belief
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1935, edited by Alan F. Pater. New
York, The Poetry Digest ASSOciation, 1936.
A Leaf-Treader
Modern American Poetry: A Critical Anthology, edited by Louis Unter-
meyer. Fifth Revised Edition. New York, Harcourt, Brace, [1936].
Lost in Heaven
Desert Places
Two Tramps in Mud-Time
Portraits and Self-Portraits, collected and illustrated by Georges Schreib-
er. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1936.
The LOS't Follower
Play in Poetry, by Louis Untermeyer. New York, Harcourt, Brace, [1938].
Wilful Homing
A SELECTION OF MR. FROST’S PROSE APPEARANCES
The Seven Arts, February 1917.
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