BALLADS OF THE SUNLIT YEARS

GORDON, James Linsay. BALLADS OF THE SUNLIT YEARS. New York: North American Press, 1904. 12mo. Publisher's cloth. 84 pages. Fir edition. One of 990 copies. Gordon was a graduate of the College of William and Mary and the University o Virginia. This work includes ``Lorraine,'' which was supposedly written to Minna Anderson (Mrs. William Allen), the unexcelled belle of the `springs.' Marking the end of their relationship, Gordon writes, ``Thank God that I lost you, Bonny Lorraine.'' Dr. Alderman's Library of Southern Literature gives Gordon three pages of information on his life and poetry from Sunlit Years. Minor foxing and notetaking in pencil, bookplate, signature in ink on front f endpaper, some cover wear. (Inventory #: 11176)