those of African-American heritage, and it became a coveted honor to have
poems reviewed by him and included in his yearly anthologies, the first of
which was the Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1913. These anthologies
continued to appear until 1929; in 1959 appeared a new anthology, con-
taining a selection from the seventeen previous volumes. Braithwaite also
published The Book of Elizabethan Verse ( 1908), The Book of Georgian Verse
( 1909), The Book of Restoration Verse ( 1910), and Our Lady's Choir: A
Contemporary Anthology of Verse by Catholic Sisters ( 1931). Though his stature
as an eminent critic of American poetry continued to grow, Braithwaite
never lost interest in British literature, which influenced his early writings.
In 1919 he edited The Book of Modern British Verse, and in 1950 The
Bewitched Parsonage: The Story of the Brontës appeared.

In 1935 Braithwaite, relinquishing his seat in Boston society, accepted
the position of professor of creative literature at Atlanta University, where
he remained for ten years. Despite his prestigious position in the world of
letters, Braithwaite was painfully aware of his lack of formal education in
the academic surroundings. It should not be surprising that he remained
aloof from the politics of academia, never wavering in his devotion to his
students. Braithwaite retired from Atlanta University in 1945 and moved
to Harlem.His Selected Poems appeared in 1948, and he continued to write
for various periodicals. He died on June 8, 1962.