Louella D. Everett, 1883-1967. Poetry

Poetry

Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...

 anthologist and Associate Editor of the 11th

and 12th

editions of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, often simply called Bartlett's, is an American reference work that is the longest-lived and most widely distributed collection of quotations...

. Also published two poetry anthologies: The Cat in Verse

and Home and Holiday Verse
. For many years she was a contributor to the New York Times Book Review, helping readers to find the sources of bits of verse.
Louella D. Everett of Boston, Mass.,

Must be an industrious, painstaking lass;

I'm sure she refuses the diners and dancers

To devote all her time to Queries and Answers

At one time, her fame was such that she was the topic of a short piece in The Talk of the Town

The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...

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