Gift BooksThe Song of the LarkBy WILLA SIBERT CATHERThe story of a prima donna’s career. “A story of something better than suggestiveness and charm—a thing finished, sound and noble.”—The Nation.“A distinct improvement on her previous novels, ‘O Pioneers,’ and ‘Alexander’s Bridge.’”—New York Herald.$1.40 net.David PenstephenBy RICHARD PRYCEDavid is the most lovable of all the author’s creations, a boy who grew to manhood under conditions that might have warped a soul less noble. $1.35 net.The Little Book of American PoetsEdited by JESSIE B. RITTENHOUSEThis book, a companion volume to “The Little Book of Modern Verse,” gives a bird’s-eye view of the 19th century, beginning with Philip Freneau and ending with the period of Madison Cawein, Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey. 140 poets are represented, and the book includes 230 poems. Cloth, $1.25 net; limp leather, $1.75 net.The Log of a NoncombatantBy HORACE GREENAn absorbing narrative of the adventures and experiences of an American correspondent and dispatch bearer who saw fighting both with the Germans and Allies and who, as messenger for the American Embassy at Berlin, had exceptional opportunities for a glimpse behind the scenes in war-time Germany. Illustrated. $1.25 net.The Greatest of Literary ProblemsBy JAMES PHINNEY BAXTERThis work meets a long-felt need for a complete presentation of the Bacon-Shakespeare question, and will prove as useful to students of Shakespeare as of Bacon. It presents an exhaustive review of Shakespearean authors from Rowe to Lee, as well as a bibliography covering all printed works upon the subject in English, French, German, Spanish, Scandinavian, Italian, and Russian, articles in periodical literature, and a wealth of illustrations of great value to students and collectors. Illustrated. 8vo. $5.00.Red Wine of RoussillonBy WILLIAM LINDSEY“A really good romantic drama, one of the best that has been produced in a generation.... Compact and well made, developing swiftly and logically a tragic love story of uncommon interest.... Genuinely poetic.... A remarkable work, both in the literary and dramatic sense.”—The Nation.$1.25 net.AffirmationsBy HAVELOCK ELLISA discussion of some of the fundamental questions of life and morality as expressed in, or suggested by, literature. The subjects of the first five studies are Nietzsche, Zola, Huysmans, Casanova and St. Francis of Assisi. $1.75 net.The New Poetry SeriesThis series aims to produce artistic and inexpensive editions of representative contemporary verse.The new volumes added this fall are:—Stillwater Pastorals and Other PoemsByPaul Shivell. With a Preface byBliss Perry.The Cloister: A Verse DramaByEmile Verhaeren.InterflowByGeoffrey C. Faber.Afternoons of AprilByGrace Hazard Conkling.Each, boards, 75 cents net4 Park St.Boston16 E. 40th St.New YorkHoughton Mifflin Co.
Gift Books
The Song of the Lark
By WILLA SIBERT CATHER
The story of a prima donna’s career. “A story of something better than suggestiveness and charm—a thing finished, sound and noble.”—The Nation.
“A distinct improvement on her previous novels, ‘O Pioneers,’ and ‘Alexander’s Bridge.’”—New York Herald.$1.40 net.
David Penstephen
By RICHARD PRYCE
David is the most lovable of all the author’s creations, a boy who grew to manhood under conditions that might have warped a soul less noble. $1.35 net.
The Little Book of American Poets
Edited by JESSIE B. RITTENHOUSE
This book, a companion volume to “The Little Book of Modern Verse,” gives a bird’s-eye view of the 19th century, beginning with Philip Freneau and ending with the period of Madison Cawein, Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey. 140 poets are represented, and the book includes 230 poems. Cloth, $1.25 net; limp leather, $1.75 net.
The Log of a Noncombatant
By HORACE GREEN
An absorbing narrative of the adventures and experiences of an American correspondent and dispatch bearer who saw fighting both with the Germans and Allies and who, as messenger for the American Embassy at Berlin, had exceptional opportunities for a glimpse behind the scenes in war-time Germany. Illustrated. $1.25 net.
The Greatest of Literary Problems
By JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER
This work meets a long-felt need for a complete presentation of the Bacon-Shakespeare question, and will prove as useful to students of Shakespeare as of Bacon. It presents an exhaustive review of Shakespearean authors from Rowe to Lee, as well as a bibliography covering all printed works upon the subject in English, French, German, Spanish, Scandinavian, Italian, and Russian, articles in periodical literature, and a wealth of illustrations of great value to students and collectors. Illustrated. 8vo. $5.00.
Red Wine of Roussillon
By WILLIAM LINDSEY
“A really good romantic drama, one of the best that has been produced in a generation.... Compact and well made, developing swiftly and logically a tragic love story of uncommon interest.... Genuinely poetic.... A remarkable work, both in the literary and dramatic sense.”—The Nation.$1.25 net.
Affirmations
By HAVELOCK ELLIS
A discussion of some of the fundamental questions of life and morality as expressed in, or suggested by, literature. The subjects of the first five studies are Nietzsche, Zola, Huysmans, Casanova and St. Francis of Assisi. $1.75 net.
The New Poetry Series
This series aims to produce artistic and inexpensive editions of representative contemporary verse.
The new volumes added this fall are:—
Stillwater Pastorals and Other PoemsByPaul Shivell. With a Preface byBliss Perry.The Cloister: A Verse DramaByEmile Verhaeren.InterflowByGeoffrey C. Faber.Afternoons of AprilByGrace Hazard Conkling.Each, boards, 75 cents net
Stillwater Pastorals and Other Poems
ByPaul Shivell. With a Preface byBliss Perry.
The Cloister: A Verse Drama
ByEmile Verhaeren.
Interflow
ByGeoffrey C. Faber.
Afternoons of April
ByGrace Hazard Conkling.
Each, boards, 75 cents net
4 Park St.Boston
16 E. 40th St.New York
Houghton Mifflin Co.