Sheila Pickles

I wish you could still buy something like this as a unique wedding gift. Mine, given to me by my groom, still smells of orange blossom. It includes a lovely collection of classic poetry and excerpts from classic books organized from proposal right through to honeymoon. Eliot, Harding, Bennet, Balzac, de Maupassant, Byron, Keats, Donne, Poe and Wharton are included, to name just a few.

An excellent gift book, this is a collection of classic seasonal poetry and snippets of literature. Every other page is populated with beautiful color reproductions of nineteenth century paintings. It's worth taking it out as we move from one season to the next to breathe in spring, summer, winter and fall.

This slim volume is a treasury of Victorian excerpts and paintings. From quite well-known writings to lessen known ones, it embodies the spirit of Christmas. Included are poems, some of which we now sing as carols, as well as some well chosen excerpts from several authors including Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Sir Walter Scott, and Thomas Hardy. The paintings add much to enjoyment of this anthology with their lavish colors and details.

Beautifully illustrated with pictures and descriptive histories of 43 flowers. Poetry included.