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NOTICE OF COPYRIGHTS.


I.

American poems in this volume within the legal protection of copyright
are used by the courteous permission of the owners,--either the
publishers named in the following list or the authors or their
representatives in the subsequent one,--who reserve all their rights. So
far as practicable, permission has been secured also for poems out of
copyright.

PUBLISHERS OF THE WORLD'S BEST POETRY. 1904.

Messrs. D. APPLETON & Co., New York.--_W.C. Bryant_: "Blessed are They
that Mourn," "The Conqueror's Grave," "Thanatopsis."

Messrs. E.P. DUTTON & Co., New York.--_Mary W. Howland_: "Rest."

The FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, New York.--_John W. Palmer_: "For Charlie's
Sake."

Messrs. HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.--_Will Carleton_: "Over the Hill to
the Poor House."

Messrs. HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & Co., Boston.--_Margaret Deland_: "Love and
Death;" _John Hay_: "A Woman's Love;" _O.W. Holmes_: "The Last Leaf,"
"The Voiceless;" _Mary Clemmer A. Hudson_: "Something Beyond;" _H.W.