Best-Loved Yeats: William Butler Yeats

Of course Yeats' poetry is absolutely magical and this is a lovely collection of his most famous poems. My favorite is "The Song of Wandering Aengus". It's also a very pretty book and because it is small you can take it with you-- for those times when you need a little fairy magic.

Five stars was an easy rating. The book was fabulous, including the magnificent cover. I discovered a beautiful poem by Yeats by accident - looking at a little hand-made booklet my son made for his son. I had no idea my son enjoyed Yeats - I surprised him with this volume for Christmas. I recommend this book to anyone who has loved, lost, regretted, imagined, created, or otherwise soaked in life - the good with the bad. I wish I could have met Mr. Yeats in person, but for now, his works live after him for us all to savor.

The cover was really nice. The book is a good size.

A gorgeous little book with a wonderful selection of poems!!

Long story short its a nice collection. The binding is quality and beautiful. I have but one complaint and it is how can you call this the best loved Yeats when it is glaringly missing Leda and the Swan? Easily one of his best written after his Nobel prize. This is the only reason it gets 4/5 stars. Everything about this book is great and it has most of Yeats best, but I do question the selection and whether or not it is really the best loved, or instead the editors favorites, for there is a difference.

A gorgeous little book. A delight to read, whether in Ireland or your other home.

Lovely selection of the writing of William Butler Yeats.

Lovely book. Perfect for travel. The cover of blue with embossed metallic silver makes it an attractive gift. Recommend.

This is a beautiful book and makes a great gift. I have given it to several friends. I am a great lover of Yeats's poetry and find that some people are intimidated by his reputation. Therefore, this little book is a great introduction to his work.

What a wonderful selection of poems! Nice book design and cover, informative, and full of Yeats' enchanting poetry.

This was bought as a present for my daughter on her birthday. It's a lovely book, with a good selection of his poems so a really nice introduction to Yeats. She loved it!

very good

This is a nicely produced hardback edition on decent quality paper and contains a fair selection of some of Yeats' most popular works. It's very much a sampler and almost inevitably won't include some poems that you might think it should. Nonetheless it makes a great little gift for those unfamiliar with his work.It's described as an illustrated edition and true enough it has a few line drawings and some photos but its not exactly lavishly illustrated, so don't hold out your hopes there. Still, it is about the words after all. If he'd wanted pictures he'd have written graphic novels not poems.