Myself and the Young Bowman and Other Fantasies
| First published | 1932 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Pages | viii+166 |
| Price | $2.50 |
6 stories and 17 poems interspersed
Stories (six among the collected "fables, allegories and poems")
• Myself and the Young Bowman (re-envisions Cupid)
• The Frogs and the Stork ("clever fable")
• Progress in Arcadia ("mythic legend")
• Forrester (eerie, in which "a dryad seeks a soul")
• The Tree of Knowledge ("parody of Adam and Eve")
• 6. Grandmother Gift ("fairy tale")
A review by M.L., Christian Science Monitor 1932-05-07 p6 "Burnished Fantasia", covers all six stories briefly. It provides these six story titles and the parenthetical information, but identifies only one in sequence (6).
Unsigned review, NY Times 1932-05-22 pBR3 "In the Mood of the Ettrick Shepherd", names five stories, none in sequence, with a different title for one.
• Godmother's Gift ("fairy tale")
- 1st ed. Limited edition of 1500 copies signed by the author
- March publication is inferred from an item in "Book Notes", NY Times 1932-03-19 p10 (despite the mistaken number of copies): "... has been brought out in a limited edition of 1000 copies printed from type."
- Price from review by M.L., Christian Science Monitor 1932-05-07 p6, "Burnished Fantasia" (see the collection record). The review specifies the limited edition, not a trade edition brought out since March.
- Six stories and 17 poems interspersed
- Apparent front jacket image is from Amazon.com 2019-05-04 as Hardcover and "Doubleday Doran; 1st edition (1932)".
- Contents' page numbers from Archive.org copy.
No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Myself and the Young Bowman | Cyril Hume | Short Story |
| 11 | To a Mocking-Bird at Night | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 16 | Paragon | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 18 | To Elaine in Avalon | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 19 | In the Chinese Manner | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 23 | Forrester | Cyril Hume | Short Story |
| 48 | In a Tuscan Garden | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 49 | Rain-Val d'Arno | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 50 | Triple Rhymes for April | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 52 | Madre Crudele | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 55 | The Frogs and the Stork | Cyril Hume | Short Story |
| 65 | Summer Storm | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 66 | Two Lyrics from a Masque of Harlequin | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 69 | Lane in Vermont | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 73 | The Tree of Knowledge | Cyril Hume | Short Story |
| 82 | Ode to Pan | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 85 | Alter Ego | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 87 | Berkshire Water | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 93 | Progress in Arcadia | Cyril Hume | Short Story |
| 123 | Uther's Blood | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 125 | Song for Camelot | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 126 | Dialogue | Cyril Hume | Poem |
| 131 | Godmother's Gift | Cyril Hume | Short Story |