本书辑录楚图南先生译的惠特曼的代表作《草叶集》Leaves of Grass以及集美国的惠特曼、德国陀劳尔和德米尔、贝赫尔、俄国的莱蒙托夫和尼克拉索夫、匈牙利的沙罗西和欧特瓦士等进步诗人的16首诗而成的《枫叶集》为一起。《草叶集》采用著名版画家肯特插画，为这本名诗著本增添了非凡的气质。(The book Maple Leaves is composed of Mr. Chu Tunan tranlation works, compiled with Whitman's masterpiece Leaves of Grass and 16 poems by progressive poets like Whitman from the US, Toraul, Demille and Vergel from Germany, Lermontov and Nekrasov from Russia, and Sarosi and Otevace from Hungary. The illustrations in Leaves of Grass were draw by famous print artist Kent. They add an extrordinary temperament to this famous work of poems. )