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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.


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