New Echoes and Other Poems (PRESENTATION BINDING)

New Echoes and Other Poems (PRESENTATION BINDING)

Author: Cook, Eliza

16mo (6.25x4.25") 1864. London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge. Full green leather with ornate gilt presentation to the front cover "Presented by Eliza Cook to George Rutland" within a filigree gilt frame, surrounded by an ornate filigree gilt frame, the frame duplicated to the rear board. Spine with five raised bands, gilt title to second compartment, gilt author to third, heavy gilt arabesque decoration filling all others. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.

Tipped in are a book review of Eliza's book, Diamond Dust, by George Rutland, and two letters to Rutland from Eliza with postal covers. (see pics) Eliza Cook also wrote and signed a brief inscription to George Rutland on the title page.

Eliza Cook was born on December 24, 1818, in London, England. Self-educated as a child, she began writing poems at the age of fifteen and published her first poetry collection, Lays of a Wild Harp: A Collection of Metrical Pieces (John Bennett, 1835), two years later.

Cook also published poems in magazines such as Metropolitan Magazine, New Monthly Magazine, and Weekly Dispatch, which published her most popular poem, “The Old Arm-Chair.” In 1838, Cook published her second collection, Melania and Other Poems, which was well received in both England and America. It was reissued in 1844.

Known as a poet of the working class, Cook wrote poems that advocated for political freedom for women and addressed questions of class and social justice. Despite her popularity, she was criticized for the ways in which she bucked gender conventions in both her writing and her life; Cook wore male clothing and had a relationship with American actress Charlotte Cushman, to whom she addressed a number of her poems.

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