Download or read book The Prince's Quest written by William Watson and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Setting copy, with a few ms. emendations and corrections, for the opening poem in Watson's first book, The prince's quest and other poems, 1880. This ms. was given by the author to his close friend, James Ashcroft Noble, who sold it to the bookseller William Downing. Watson was outraged when he saw it offered in Downing's calaogue and attempted to retrieve it as his own property.