New Poems and EssaysByWILLIAM BUTLER YEATS“Mr. Yeats is probably the most important as well as the most widely known of the men concerned directly in the so-called Celtic renaissance. More than this, he stands among the few men to be reckoned with in modern poetry.”—New York Herald.The Green Helmet and Other PoemsDecorated cloth, 12mo, $1.25The initial piece in this volume is a deliciously conceived heroic farce, quaint in humor and sprightly in action. It tells of the difficulty in which two simple Irish folk find themselves when they enter into an agreement with an apparition of the sea, who demands that they knock off his head and who maintains that after they have done that he will knock off theirs. There is a real meaning in the play which it will not take the thoughtful reader long to discover. Besides this there are a number of shorter poems, notably one in which Mr. Yeats answers his critics of “The Playboy of the Western World.”PlaysNew edition. Cloth. 12mo. $2.00 netThis edition of Mr. Yeats’s plays has been thoroughly revised and contains considerable new matter in the way of appendices. “The Countess Cathleen” and “The Land of Heart’s Desire” are presented in new form, the versions being those which the Irish Players use.Other Works by William Butler YeatsLyrical and Dramatic PoemsIN TWO VOLUMESVol. I. Lyrical$1.75 netVol. II. Plays (Revised)$2.00 netThe two-volume edition of the Irish poet’s works includes everything he has done in verse up to the present time. The first volume contains his lyrics; the second includes all of his five dramas in verse: “The Countess Cathleen,” “The Land of Heart’s Desire,” “The King’s Threshold,” “On Baile’s Strand,” and “The Shadowy Waters.”William Butler Yeats stands among the few men to be reckoned with in modern poetry, especially of a dramatic character.The New York Sun, for example, refers to him as “an important factor in English literature,” and continues:—“‘Cathleen ni Hoolihan’ is a perfect piece of artistic work, poetic and wonderfully dramatic to read, and, we should imagine, far more dramatic in the acting. Maeterlinck has never done anything so true or effective as this short prose drama of Mr. Yeats’s. There is not a superfluous word in the play and no word that does not tell. It must be dangerous to represent it in Ireland, for it is an Irish Marseillaise.... In ‘The Hour Glass’ a noble and poetic idea is carried out effectively, while ‘A Pot of Broth’ is merely a dramatized humorous anecdote. But ‘Cathleen ni Hoolihan’ stirs the blood, and in itself establishes Mr. Yeats’s reputation for good.”Other WorksThe Celtic Twilight12mo, $1.50 netThe Hour Glass and Other Plays12mo, $1.25 netIdeas of Good and Evil12mo, $1.50 netIn the Seven Woods12mo, $1.00 netW. B. Yeats and Lady GregoryUnicorn from the Stars and Other Plays12mo, $1.50 netFiresByW. W. GIBSONAuthor of “Daily Bread,” “Womenkind,” etc.Cloth, 12mo, $1.25 netIn this striking book of verse Mr. Gibson writes of simple, homely folk with touching sympathy. The author’s previous book, “Daily Bread,” was heralded far and wide as the book of the year in the field of poetry; in “Fires” are contained many of the same characteristics which distinguished it. The story of a girl whose lover is struck dead by a flying bit of stone; of a wife who has unusual patience with her husband’s shortcomings; of a flute player; of a shop and a shopkeeper; of a machine and those who feed it—these are the subjects of a number of the separate pieces.BY THE SAME AUTHORDaily BreadIn Three Books12mo, $1.25 netWomenkind12mo, $1.25 net“There is a man in England who with sufficient plainness and sufficient profoundness is addressing himself to life, and daring to chant his own times and social circumstances, who ought to become known to America. He is bringing a message which might well rouse his day and generation to an understanding of and a sympathy with life’s disinherited—the overworked masses.”“A Millet in word-painting, who writes with a terrible simplicity, is Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, born in Hexham, England, in 1878, of whom Canon Cheyne wrote: ‘A new poet of the people has risen up among us—the story of a soul is written as plainly in “Daily Bread” as in “The Divine Comedy” and in “Paradise Lost.”’”“Mr. Gibson is a genuine singer of his own day, and turns into appealing harmony the world’s harshly jarring notes of poverty and pain.”—Abridged from an article in “The Outlook.”A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN WAITED FORTHE MODERN READER’S CHAUCERThe Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey ChaucerNow first put into modern English byJOHN S. P. TATLOCKAuthor of “The Development and Chronology of Chaucer’s Works,”andPERCYMacKAYEAuthor of “The Canterbury Pilgrims,” etc.With 32 full-page illustrations in color by Warwick GobleDecorated cloth, 4to, $5.00 netAny one unversed in old English is familiar with the difficulty of reading Chaucer in the original—to many it is not only a difficulty, but an impossibility. The vast literary wealth of Chaucer’s writings has been therefore up to this time beyond the grasp of the general reader—for there has been no complete rendering in modern English. It is to do away with this condition that “The Modern Reader’s Chaucer” has been prepared. Adhering closely to the original, the editors have rendered in modern English all the wonderful tales of this early poet. A particular feature of the volume is the illustrations, of which there are thirty-two in colors from paintings by Warwick Goble, the celebrated English artist. From the standpoint of artistic book making it is to be doubted if a handsomer book will be published for some time to come or even one which will stand comparison with this.THE MACMILLAN COMPANYPublishers64-66 Fifth AvenueNew York
New Poems and Essays
ByWILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
“Mr. Yeats is probably the most important as well as the most widely known of the men concerned directly in the so-called Celtic renaissance. More than this, he stands among the few men to be reckoned with in modern poetry.”—New York Herald.
The Green Helmet and Other Poems
Decorated cloth, 12mo, $1.25
The initial piece in this volume is a deliciously conceived heroic farce, quaint in humor and sprightly in action. It tells of the difficulty in which two simple Irish folk find themselves when they enter into an agreement with an apparition of the sea, who demands that they knock off his head and who maintains that after they have done that he will knock off theirs. There is a real meaning in the play which it will not take the thoughtful reader long to discover. Besides this there are a number of shorter poems, notably one in which Mr. Yeats answers his critics of “The Playboy of the Western World.”
Plays
New edition. Cloth. 12mo. $2.00 net
This edition of Mr. Yeats’s plays has been thoroughly revised and contains considerable new matter in the way of appendices. “The Countess Cathleen” and “The Land of Heart’s Desire” are presented in new form, the versions being those which the Irish Players use.
Other Works by William Butler Yeats
Lyrical and Dramatic Poems
The two-volume edition of the Irish poet’s works includes everything he has done in verse up to the present time. The first volume contains his lyrics; the second includes all of his five dramas in verse: “The Countess Cathleen,” “The Land of Heart’s Desire,” “The King’s Threshold,” “On Baile’s Strand,” and “The Shadowy Waters.”
William Butler Yeats stands among the few men to be reckoned with in modern poetry, especially of a dramatic character.The New York Sun, for example, refers to him as “an important factor in English literature,” and continues:—
“‘Cathleen ni Hoolihan’ is a perfect piece of artistic work, poetic and wonderfully dramatic to read, and, we should imagine, far more dramatic in the acting. Maeterlinck has never done anything so true or effective as this short prose drama of Mr. Yeats’s. There is not a superfluous word in the play and no word that does not tell. It must be dangerous to represent it in Ireland, for it is an Irish Marseillaise.... In ‘The Hour Glass’ a noble and poetic idea is carried out effectively, while ‘A Pot of Broth’ is merely a dramatized humorous anecdote. But ‘Cathleen ni Hoolihan’ stirs the blood, and in itself establishes Mr. Yeats’s reputation for good.”
Other Works
W. B. Yeats and Lady Gregory
Unicorn from the Stars and Other Plays12mo, $1.50 net
Fires
ByW. W. GIBSON
Author of “Daily Bread,” “Womenkind,” etc.
Cloth, 12mo, $1.25 net
In this striking book of verse Mr. Gibson writes of simple, homely folk with touching sympathy. The author’s previous book, “Daily Bread,” was heralded far and wide as the book of the year in the field of poetry; in “Fires” are contained many of the same characteristics which distinguished it. The story of a girl whose lover is struck dead by a flying bit of stone; of a wife who has unusual patience with her husband’s shortcomings; of a flute player; of a shop and a shopkeeper; of a machine and those who feed it—these are the subjects of a number of the separate pieces.
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
Daily BreadIn Three Books12mo, $1.25 net
Womenkind12mo, $1.25 net
“There is a man in England who with sufficient plainness and sufficient profoundness is addressing himself to life, and daring to chant his own times and social circumstances, who ought to become known to America. He is bringing a message which might well rouse his day and generation to an understanding of and a sympathy with life’s disinherited—the overworked masses.”
“A Millet in word-painting, who writes with a terrible simplicity, is Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, born in Hexham, England, in 1878, of whom Canon Cheyne wrote: ‘A new poet of the people has risen up among us—the story of a soul is written as plainly in “Daily Bread” as in “The Divine Comedy” and in “Paradise Lost.”’”
“Mr. Gibson is a genuine singer of his own day, and turns into appealing harmony the world’s harshly jarring notes of poverty and pain.”
—Abridged from an article in “The Outlook.”
A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN WAITED FOR
THE MODERN READER’S CHAUCER
The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
Now first put into modern English byJOHN S. P. TATLOCKAuthor of “The Development and Chronology of Chaucer’s Works,”andPERCYMacKAYEAuthor of “The Canterbury Pilgrims,” etc.
With 32 full-page illustrations in color by Warwick Goble
Decorated cloth, 4to, $5.00 net
Any one unversed in old English is familiar with the difficulty of reading Chaucer in the original—to many it is not only a difficulty, but an impossibility. The vast literary wealth of Chaucer’s writings has been therefore up to this time beyond the grasp of the general reader—for there has been no complete rendering in modern English. It is to do away with this condition that “The Modern Reader’s Chaucer” has been prepared. Adhering closely to the original, the editors have rendered in modern English all the wonderful tales of this early poet. A particular feature of the volume is the illustrations, of which there are thirty-two in colors from paintings by Warwick Goble, the celebrated English artist. From the standpoint of artistic book making it is to be doubted if a handsomer book will be published for some time to come or even one which will stand comparison with this.
THE MACMILLAN COMPANYPublishers64-66 Fifth AvenueNew York