# The New-York Book of Poetry Author: Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 1806-1884 [Editor] Genre: Category: Poetry Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42769 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+New-York+Book+of+Poetry+Hoffman&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The work here presented to the Public is compiled from the poetical writings of natives of the State of New-York. The chief object in making the collection was to give 'a local habitation and a name' to fugitive pieces, which, though deemed worthy of being thus preserved, have hitherto been circulated in the newspapers and periodicals solely. It was thought well, however, by way of giving completeness to the work, to embody with the rest specimens of those New-York poets whose writings have been already collected in another shape. The design of executing such a work only suggested itself to the Publisher a fortnight before the last sheet was put to press; and as he was desirous that THE N... ## Chapters - [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/8/index.md) - [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/11/index.md) - [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/2/index.md) - [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/4/index.md) - [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/10/index.md) - [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/12/index.md) - [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/5/index.md) - [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/3/index.md) - [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/9/index.md) - [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/6/index.md) - [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/7/index.md) - [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/1/index.md) - [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-new-york-book-of-poetry-42769/chapters/13/index.md)