Collection of Poems. 1889–1903

Collection of Poems. 1889–1903 (Russian: Собрание стихов. 1889–1903) is the first book of poetry by Zinaida Gippius which collected 97 of her early poems. It was published in October 1903 (the date on the cover was given as 1904) by the Scorpion Publishing house. Instrumental in the publication was the Scorpion's representative, poet Valery Bryusov with whom Gippius corresponded regularly since 1902, while compiling the collection, adding new poems and continuously changing their order.

Collection of Poems. 1889–1903

Collection of Poems. 1889–1903 (Russian: Собрание стихов. 1889–1903) is the first book of poetry by Zinaida Gippius which collected 97 of her early poems. It was published in October 1903 (the date on the cover was given as 1904) by the Scorpion Publishing house. Instrumental in the publication was the Scorpion's representative, poet Valery Bryusov with whom Gippius corresponded regularly since 1902, while compiling the collection, adding new poems and continuously changing their order.