Ballads and Sonnets (1881), Public Advertisement for the volume (British Library manuscript) Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1 Text courtesy of The British Library Ballads and Sonnets (1881) [Public Advertisement] Dante Gabriel Rossetti 1881 letter 1 page DGR The British Library ashley 3862 The document is located in relation to two other Ashley record numbers: A1402 and A1418. Commentary
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Mr. D G R has in the press a volume of “Ball entitled “Ballads and Sonnets.” It consists of ballads romantic and historical and of Poe a completed series of theHouse of Life, with other sonnets and lyrics. The original first volume of “Poems” by thesame author will also be immediatelyreissued An augmented reissue of the same author's first volume of “Poems” isalso in preparation, howe the book havingbeen for some time out of print.