PALGRAVE, FRANCIS TURNER (1824-1897)

—Poet and critic, s. of the above, ed. at Oxf., was for many years connected with the Education Department, of which he rose to be A istant Sec.; and from 1886-95 he was Prof. of Poetry at Oxf. He wrote several vols. of poetry, including Visions of England (1881), and A me no phis (1892), which, though graceful and exhibiting much poetic feeling, were the work rather of a man of culture than of a poet. His great contribution to literature was his anthology, The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics (1864), selected with marvellous insight and judgment. A second series showed these qualities in a le degree. He also pub. an anthology of sacred poetry.