"Portraits and Other Poems" by Augusta Webster (ed. Christine Sutphin) is a nice collection not only of Webster's wonderful dramatic monologues, but also of her essays (which were published under the grand title of "A Housewife's Opinion"). The introduction, chronology and contemporary reviews provide good background and context for a poet who was greatly admired during her own time but has been largely ignored during the twentieth century. Professor Sutphin has done an excellent job in making available a poet who has been out of print for most of the century.