Excerpt from The Select Tennyson: For School and College and Private Study It is not alone that Tennyson's right to classical rank among the poets of his country is beyond dispute: there are special considerations which make him an eminently desirable poet for introduction to the schoolroom. His sympathy with youth and with the nobler spirit of his age, his love of country and of the country, his wide and accurate observation of nature, his precision and felicity of phrase, his picturesqueness of presentation, his attractive choice of subject whether English or classical, the varied music of his verse, his fine taste, and the manly chivalry of his moral tone - these are among the distinguishing qualities of his poetry which specially recommend it to the attention and loving study of the young. The Select Tennyson, while representative of the poet's freshest and most charmingly original work, offers such a survey as brings these qualities prominently into view. For the convenience of teachers it is divided into three parts, published separately and collectively. The first part deals with The Princess, which is presented almost entire: where, for one reason or another, portions of the text have been omitted, summaries in prose are given to connect and carry on the narrative with a view to the preservation of the unity of the poem. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.