The Springtide of Life. Poems of Childhood. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. London: Heinemann, 1918. First Edition. Pp, 132. A good copy in green cloth covers, with design in gilt to front board.

The poems have been collected from Swinburne’s various works and all have overarching themes of children or childhood life.

Arthur Rackham, a master of the Golden Age of Illustration, complements the poetry with delicate, romantic, and whimsical artwork. With a preface by Edmund Gosse, who commented:

“This volume will not merely be the best book of the present art-season, but a joy to all sensitive people for years and years to come.”