Louis Untermeyer bibliography

The Louis Untermeyer biography is a full list of publications by American poet Louis Untermeyer.

Poetry

 * The Younger Quire (parodies), Mood Publishing, 1911.
 * First Love, French, 1911.
 * Challenge, Century, 1914.
 * —and Other Poets (parodies), Holt, 1916.
 * These Times, Holt, 1917.
 * Including Horace, Harcourt, 1919.
 * The New Adam, Harcourt, 1920.
 * Roast Leviathan, Harcourt, 1923, reprinted, Arno, 1975.
 * (With son, Richard Untermeyer) Poems, privately printed, 1927.
 * Burning Bush, Harcourt, 1928.
 * Adirondack Cycle, Random House, 1929.
 * Food and Drink, Harcourt, 1932.
 * First Words before Spring, Knopf, 1933.
 * Selected Poems and Parodies, Harcourt, 1935.
 * For You with Love (juvenile), Golden Press, 1961.
 * Long Feud: Selected Poems, Harcourt, 1962.
 * One and One and One (juvenile), Crowell-Collier, 1962.
 * This Is Your Day (juvenile), Golden Press, 1964.
 * Labyrinth of Love, Simon & Schuster, 1965.
 * Thanks: A Poem (juvenile), Odyssey, 1965.
 * Thinking of You (juvenile), Golden Press, 1968.
 * A Friend Indeed, Golden Press, 1968.
 * You: A Poem, (juvenile), illustrations by Martha Alexander, Golden Press, 1969.

Prose

 * The New Era in American Poetry (essays), Holt, 1919, reprinted, Scholarly Press, 1970.
 * Heavens (parodies), Harcourt, 1922.
 * American Poetry since 1900 (essays), Holt, 1923, reprinted, Folcroft, 1977.
 * The Forms of Poetry: A Pocket Dictionary of Verse, Harcourt, 1926, reprinted, Darby Books, 1982, latest revised edition, Harcourt, 1967.
 * Collected Parodies, Harcourt, 1926.
 * Moses (novel), Harcourt, 1928.
 * Blue Rhine, Black Forest, a Hand-and Day-Book (travel journal), Harcourt, 1930.
 * The Donkey of God (short stories), Harcourt, 1932.
 * Chip: My Life and Times, as Overheard by Louis Untermeyer (fiction; self-illustrated with Vera Neville), Harcourt, 1933.
 * (With Carter Davidson) Poetry: Its Appreciation and Enjoyment, Harcourt, 1934.
 * The Last Pirate: Tales from the Gilbert and Sullivan Operas, Harcourt, 1934.
 * (With Clara Mannes) Songs to Sing to Children, Harcourt, 1935.
 * Heinrich Heine: Paradox and Poet, Volume 1: The Poems, Volume 2: The Life, Harcourt, 1937, reprinted, R. West, 1980.
 * (With others) Doorways to Poetry (textbook), Harcourt, 1938.
 * Play in Poetry (Henry Ward Beecher Lectures), Harcourt, 1938, Arden Library, 1980.
 * From Another World: The Autobiography of Louis Untermeyer, Harcourt, 1939.
 * (Reteller) The Wonderful Adventures of Paul Bunyan, Heritage, 1945.
 * (Reteller) Charles Perrault, French Fairy Tales Retold, illustrated by Gustave Dore, Didier, 1945.
 * (Reteller) Perrault, All the French Fairy Tales, illustrated by Dore, Didier, 1945.
 * (Reteller) Perrault, More French Fairy Tales Retold, illustrated by Dore, Didier, 1946.
 * A Century of Candymaking, 1847-1947, privately printed, 1947.
 * Makers of the Modern World (biography), Simon & Schuster, 1955.
 * Lives of the Poets: The Story of 1000 Years of English and American Poetry, Simon & Schuster, 1959.
 * The Kitten Who Barked (fiction), Golden Press, 1962.
 * Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Reappraisal, Library of Congress, 1963.
 * The Letters of Robert Frost to Louis Untermeyer, Holt, 1963.
 * Lives of the Poets 1963, Simon & Schuster, 1963.
 * The Second Christmas, Hallmark Cards, 1964.
 * The World's Greatest Stories: Fifty-Five Legends that Live Forever, Evans, 1964, published as The Firebringer, and Other Great Stories: Fifty-Five Legends that Live Forever, Evans, 1968.
 * Robert Frost: A Backward Look, Library of Congress, 1964.
 * The Paths of Poetry: Twenty-Five Poets and Their Poems, Delacorte, 1966.
 * Merry Christmas, Golden Press, 1967.
 * Lift up Your Heart (consolation), Golden Press, 1968.
 * Your Lucky Stars (juvenile), Golden Press, 1968.
 * The Pursuit of Poetry: A Guide to Its Understanding and Appreciation with an Explanation of Its Forms and a Dictionary of Poetic Terms, Simon & Schuster, 1969.
 * Plants of the Bible (juvenile), paintings by Anne O. Dowden, Golden Press, 1970.
 * Cat o' Nine Tales (fiction), Heritage, 1971.
 * Said I to Myself, Said I: Reflections and Reappraisals, Digressions and Diversions, privately printed, 1978.

Memoirs

 * Bygones: The Recollections of Louis Untermeyer (autobiography), Harcourt, 1965.
 * From Another World: The Autobiography of Louis Untermeyer, Harcourt, 1939.
 * Bygones: The Recollections of Louis Untermeyer, Harcourt, 1965.

Translated

 * Heinrich Heine, Poems, Harcourt, 1923.
 * (And adapter) Gottfried Keller, Fat of the Cat, and Other Stories, Harcourt, 1925.
 * Heine, Poetry and Prose, Citadel, 1948.
 * Edmond Rostand, Cyrano de Bergerac, Limited Editions Club, 1954.
 * (And editor) Heine, The Poems of Heinrich Heine, Limited Editions Club, 1957.

Edited or compiled

 * Modern American Verse, Harcourt, 1919, published as Modern American Poetry (also see below), 1921, revised edition, 1969.
 * A Miscellany of American Poetry, Granger, 1920, reprinted, 1978.
 * Modern British Poetry (also see below), Harcourt, 1920, revised edition, 1969.
 * The Poems of Anna Wickham, 1921.
 * Modern American and British Poetry, Harcourt, 1922, 9th revised edition, 1962.
 * American Poetry, 1922: A Miscellany, Granger, 1922, reprinted, 1976.
 * This Singing World, Harcourt, Volume 1: An Anthology of Modern Poetry for Young People, 1923, Volume 2:Junior Edition, 1926, Volume 3: For Younger Children, 1926.
 * American Poetry 1925: A Miscellany, Granger, 1925, reprinted, 1977.
 * Walt Whitman, Simon & Schuster, 1926.
 * Yesterday and Today: A Comparative Anthology of Poetry, Harcourt, 1926, revised edition published asYesterday and Today: A Collection of Verse (Mostly Modern) Designed for the Average Person of Nine to Nineteen and Possibly Older, 1927.
 * American Poetry, 1927: A Miscellany, Granger, 1927, reprinted, 1978.
 * Emily Dickinson, Simon & Schuster, 1927.
 * Conrad Aiken, Simon & Schuster, 1927.
 * (With Clara and David Mannes) New Songs for New Voices (poems; juvenile), Harcourt, 1928.
 * A Critical Anthology: Modern American Poetry, Modern British Poetry (contains revised editions of Modern American Poetry and Modern British Poetry), Harcourt, 1930.
 * American Poetry from the Beginning to Whitman, Harcourt, 1931.
 * The Book of Living Verse: English and American Poetry from the Thirteenth Century to the Present Day,Harcourt, 1932, 2nd revised edition published as The Book of Living Verse: Limited to the Chief Poets, 1939, text edition, 1949.
 * The New Treasury of Verse, Odhams Press, 1934.
 * Rainbow in the Sky (poems; juvenile), Harcourt, 1935, reprinted, 1980.
 * Stars to Steer By (poems; juvenile), Harcourt, 1941.
 * A Treasury of Great Poems: English and American, Simon & Schuster, 1942, revised edition published as A Concise Treasury of Great Poems, English and American, from the Foundations of the English Spirit to the Outstanding Poetry of Our Own Time, 1955, revised and enlarged edition published as A Treasury of Great Poems, English and American, with Lives of the Poets and Historical Settings Selected and Integrated by Louis Untermeyer, two volumes, 1964.
 * Edgar Allan Poe, Complete Poems, Heritage, 1943.
 * Henry W. Longfellow, Poems, Heritage, 1943.
 * Robert Frost, Come In, and Other Poems, Holt, 1943, revised and enlarged edition published as The Road Not Taken: An Introduction to Robert Frost, 1951.
 * Great Poems from Chaucer to Whitman, Editions for the Armed Services, 1944.
 * Ralph Waldo Emerson, Poems, Heritage, 1945.
 * (And author of introduction) The Pocket Book of Story Poems, Pocket Books, 1945, revised and enlarged edition published as Story Poems: An Anthology of Narrative Verse, Washington Square Press, 1957.
 * John Greenleaf Whittier, Poems, Heritage, 1945.
 * (And author of foreword) Love Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning, Rutgers University Press, 1946.
 * A Treasury of Laughter, Simon & Schuster, 1946.
 * The Book of Noble Thoughts, American Artists Group, 1946.
 * William Cullen Bryant, Poems, Heritage, 1947.
 * (With others) The Pocket Treasury (prose selections), Pocket Books, 1947.
 * Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat, Random, 1947.
 * Anthology of the New England Poets from Colonial Times to the Present Day, Random, 1948.
 * The Love Poems of Robert Herrick and John Donne, Rutgers University Press, 1948.
 * The Pocket Book of American Poems from the Colonial Period to the Present Day, Pocket Books, 1948.
 * The Inner Sanctum Walt Whitman, Simon & Schuster, 1949.
 * (With R. E. Shikes) The Best Humor of 1949-50, Holt, 1951.
 * (With Shikes) The Best Humor of 1951-52, Holt, 1952.
 * Emily Dickinson, Poems, Heritage, 1952.
 * The Magic Circle: Stories and People in Poetry, Harcourt, 1952.
 * Early American Poets, Literary Publishers, 1952, reprinted, Books for Libraries, 1970.
 * The Book of Wit and Humor (prose selections), Mercury Books, 1953.
 * (And author of commentary) A Treasury of Ribaldry, Hanover House, 1956.
 * The Golden Treasury of Poetry (juvenile), Golden Press, 1959.
 * The Britannica Library of Great American Writing (prose selections), two volumes, Britannica Press, 1960.
 * Albatross Book of Verse: English and American Poetry from the 13th Century to the Present Day, Collins, 1960, revised and enlarged edition, 1978.
 * (And author of commentary) Lots of Limericks, Light, Lusty and Lasting, Doubleday, 1961.
 * (With wife, Bryna Untermeyer) Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Fairy Tales; the Complete Household Tales of Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, Limited Editions Club, 1962.
 * (With B. Untermeyer) Legendary Animals (juvenile), Western, 1963.
 * An Uninhibited Treasury of Erotic Poetry, Dial, 1963.
 * The Pan Book of Lymericks, Pan Books, 1963.
 * Love Sonnets, Odyssey, 1964.
 * (And adapter) Aesop's Fables, Golden Press, 1965.
 * Love Lyrics, Odyssey, 1965.
 * (With B. Untermeyer) The Golden Treasury of Children's Literature, Western, 1966 (published in England as The Children's Treasury of Literature in Colour, Hamlyn, 1966).
 * Songs of Joy: Selections from the Book of Psalms (juvenile), World Publishing, 1967.
 * (With B. Untermeyer) Words of Wisdom (quotations), Golden Press, 1968.
 * (With B. Untermeyer) Tales and Legends, Golden Press, 1968.
 * (With B. Untermeyer) Adventure Stories, Golden Press, 1968.
 * (With B. Untermeyer) Animal Stories, Golden Press, 1968.
 * (With B. Untermeyer) Favorite Classics, Golden Press, 1968.
 * (And adaptor) Tales from the Ballet, Golden Press, 1968.
 * A Time for Peace: Verses from the Bible, World Publishing, 1969.
 * The Golden Book of Fun and Nonsense, Golden Press, 1970.
 * Roses: Selections, paintings by Dowden, Golden Press, 1970.
 * Men and Women: The Poetry of Love, American Heritage Press, 1970.
 * The Golden Book of Poems for the Very Young, Golden Press, 1971.
 * The Golden Treasury of Animal Stories and Poems, Golden Press, 1971.
 * Treasury of Great Humor: Including Wit, Whimsy and Satire from the Remote Past to the Present, McGraw, 1972.
 * Fifty Modern American and British Poets, 1920-1970, McKay, 1973.
 * (With B. Untermeyer) Stories and Poems for the Very Young, Golden Press, 1973.
 * (With B. Untermeyer) A Galaxy of Verse, Evans, 1978.
 * New Enlarged Anthology of Robert Frost's Poems, Washington Square Press, 1982.

Other

 * Editorial consultant, "Prose and Poetry" series of recordings, L. W. Singer Co., 1963.
 * Contributor to periodicals, including New Republic, Yale Review, Saturday Review, and others.
 * Contributing editor, The Liberator, 1918-24
 * poetry editor, American Mercury, 1934-37
 * co-founder and contributing editor, Seven Arts.