Thomas Caldwell

Thomas CaldwellInept anthologist of modern English poetry. Born Thomas Turlough Cullovin in London, Thomas Caldwell was the son of a Cavanman, Thomas Cullovin, who worked for H. M. Inland Revenue. In late 1921, Caldwell approached J. M. Dent & Sons with a proposal for an anthology of English verse. His Golden Book of Modern English Poetry went through several editions both before and after Caldwell's early death in 1924, not least because of his lack of editorial care. A. E. Housman complained of errors in the texts of his poems in the second edition; JJ's CM III appeared as "At That Hour" in the first edition with its second line, "O lonely watcher of the skies" , misquoted as "O lovely watcher of the skies" . The Golden Book of Modern English Poetry, 1870-1920 (London; Toronto: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1922), p. 310. JJ disappeared from the second, revised edition of 1923. The anthology was reissued in 1935 as part of Everyman's Library. Ronan Crowley