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Athenaeum Souvenir

The Manchester Athenaeum was founded in 1837 as a society for the "advancement and diffusion of knowledge". This short collection of poems was published to raise money for the society's annual bazaar. The collection included contributions from 'marquee' poets of the time, including Charles Swain and Agnes Strickland, and Thomas Hood provided an entertaining preface on poetry as food for the mind. It also found space for several of the local school of poets, who were determined to show the world that Manchester was not just a centre of industry and trade. In addition to poems by Ner Gardiner, John Bolton Rogerson, Isabella Varley (later Mrs. Linnaeus Banks, author of 'The Manchester Man'), Samuel Bamford, Isabella Caulton and John Critchley Prince, the collection includes Ann Hawkshaw's first published poem and a rare published piece by Jamaican-born Robert Rose, Manchester's 'bard of colour'. - Summary by Phil Benson

Year of Publication: 1843Genres: Anthologies

Running Time: 01 hour 31 minutes 28 seconds(30 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Phil Benson

#	Chapter Name
	Preface, Contents and Letter from Thomas Hood Phil Benson	15:58
	The Disappointed by Charles Swain Phil Benson	1:40
	A Ghost Story by P. J. Bailey Phil Benson	8:05
	The Infant by Agnes Strickland Phil Benson	1:20
	An English Watering Place by J. Westland Marston Phil Benson	3:24
	Palaces by Mary Howitt Phil Benson	3:41
	Man's Tomb by Ner Gardiner Phil Benson	1:22
	Song by Charles Swain Phil Benson	1:30
	The Seaman's Funeral by J. E. Carpenter Phil Benson	1:34
	The Guardian Angel by John Bolton Rogerson Phil Benson	2:58
	Stanzas for Music by C. B. Greatrex, Jun. Phil Benson	1:33
	The Atheist and the Thistles by H. W. Wynn Phil Benson	3:50
	The Release by Isabella Varley Phil Benson	2:13
	Ambition by Thomas Smelt Phil Benson	1:16
	Sorrow by Ner Gardiner Phil Benson	1:15
	The Way-Side Spring by J. E. Carpenter Phil Benson	1:33
	Wit and Wisdom by Charles Swain Phil Benson	2:39
	The Past by Thomas Smelt Phil Benson	2:16
	The Bard and his Pupil by Samuel Bamford Phil Benson	6:19
	Life's Dull Reality by Ann Hawkshaw Phil Benson	2:56
	A Summer Evening in July by George Richardson Phil Benson	3:22
	Remember Me by Isabella Caulton Phil Benson	2:01
	The China Tea Cup by Eliza S. Craven Green Phil Benson	2:44
	War by John Bolton Rogerson Phil Benson	1:17
	The Request by John Critchley Prince Phil Benson	3:23
	A Farewell by E. C. S. Phil Benson	3:06
	The Emblem of Life by W. B. Flower Phil Benson	1:38
	Falling Leaves by Ner Gardiner Phil Benson	1:16
	The Life of Man by Robert Rose Phil Benson	2:14
	The Mysterious One by M. Phil Benson	3:05