Henley, William Ernest (1849-1903) English poet, critic and editor. "This is not a full, much less an exhaustive, collection of London verses. It is only a choice for illustration (...)--Henley, prefatory Note.
An anthology of 71 poems, roughly in chronological order from Geoffrey Chaucer to Laurence Binyon, ending with Henley, 50 poets from Matthew Arnold to William Wordsworth, including Rosamund Marriott-Watson and Amy Levy.
A London Garland is of special historical interest for its pictorial content which provides a wide-ranging view of 1890's illustrating styles and techniques. The names of process printers are given for each illustration. Prominently among those are the Swan Electric Engraving Company who notably produced most of the tonal images for The Yellow Book, and André and Sleigh, one of the earliest printing-process firms in Britain, producing work of very high quality. The colour lithography of the endpapers is by Mclagan and Cumming, famous Scottish colour printers.
For an analysis of A London Garland, see, Nicholas Frankel's article, ' Embodying the city in A London Garland.' in 'Victorian Poetry, March 2010. https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Embodying+the+city+in+A+London+Garland-a0224932828