First Book of London Visions

The ten booklets of contemporary poetry comprising the “Shilling Garland” series was published by Elkin Mathews between December 1895 and December 1898. Daniel Press poet Laurence Binyon conceived the project and recruited other Daniel authors, including Robert Bridges, Mary E. Coleridge, Richard Watson Dixon, and Margaret Woods. Binyon shared Daniel’s goal of introducing the work of new poets in attractive, well-designed editions, but he also aimed for wide commercial availability and affordability.