SCRIBNER BOOKSMemoriesBy John GalsworthyThis is a charmingly sympathetic biographical sketch of a dog—a cocker spaniel that came into the author’s possession almost at birth and remained with him through life. It has none of the imaginative exaggeration common in modern animal stories—records nothing improbable at all. But the author’s insight and his power of interpretation individualize the little spaniel and bring him into the reader’s intimate sympathy.Illustrated with four full-page colored illustrations and a large number in black and white by Maud Earl, $1.50 net; postage extra.Half HoursBy J. M. BarrieFrom the delightful, romantic fantasy of “Pantaloon” to the present-day realism of “The Twelve Pound Look” represents the wide scope of Mr. Barrie’s dramatic work. All four of the plays in this volume, though their subjects are quite diverse, are beautifully suggestive of Barrie at his best with all his keenest humor, brightest spontaneity, and deepest insight.“Pantaloon,” “The Twelve Pound Look,” “Rosalind” and “The Will.” $1.25 net; postage extra.Notes on NovelistsWith Some Other NotesBy Henry JamesHere is a book which describes with penetrating analysis and in a thoroughly entertaining manner of telling the work not only of the great modern novelists of the last century, Stevenson, Zola, Balzac, Flaubert, and Thackeray, but also takes up in a chapter entitled “The New Novel” the work of Galsworthy, Mrs. Wharton, Conrad, Wells, Walpole, Bennett and the other more important contemporary novelists. This chapter gives in a short space as keen and authoritative a criticism of present-day fiction as can be found.$2.50 net; postage extra.Artist and PublicAnd Other Essays on Art SubjectsBy Kenyon CoxThere is no one writing of art today with the vitality that fills every paragraph of Mr. Cox’s work. Its freedom from what has become almost a conventional jargon in much art criticism, and the essential interest of every comment and suggestion, account for an altogether exceptional success that his book on The Classic Spirit has had within the last few years, and that will be repeated with this volume.Illustrated. $1.50 net; postage extra.The Poems of Edgar Allen PoeWith an Introduction by E. C. Stedman and Notes by Professor G. E. Woodberry.Nearly half a century passed after the death of Poe before the appearance of the Stedman-Woodberry Edition of his works, which embodies in its editorial departments critical scholarship of the highest class. In this volume of Poe’s “Poems” the introduction and the notes treat not only of the more significant aspects of Poe’s genius as a poet, but his technical methods, and of scores of bibliographical and personal matters suggested by his verses. Entirely reset in larger type.Half morocco, $4.00 net; half calf, $3.50 net; cloth, with portrait, $2.00 net.In Dickens’ LondonBy F. Hopkinson SmithThe rare versatility of an author who can transfer to paper his impressions of atmosphere as well in charcoal sketch as in charmingly told description has made this book an inspiration to the lover of Dickens and to the lover of London. The dusty old haunts of dusty old people, hid forever but for Dickens, are visited again and found little changed. Where modern things have crept in they are noticed with quick observation, keen humor, and that sympathy with the human which the author shares with the great Dickens himself.Illustrated with 24 full-page illustrations from the author’s drawings in charcoal. $3.50 net; postage extra.Robert FrankBy Sigurd IbsenHenry Ibsen’s only son is the author of this drama, which William Archer, the distinguished English critic, considers convincing proof that he possesses, “dramatic faculty in abundance.” Mr. Archer defines it as “a powerful and interesting play which claims attention on its own merits,” “eminently a play of today, or, rather, perhaps, of tomorrow.”$1.25 net; postage extra.
SCRIBNER BOOKS
Memories
By John Galsworthy
This is a charmingly sympathetic biographical sketch of a dog—a cocker spaniel that came into the author’s possession almost at birth and remained with him through life. It has none of the imaginative exaggeration common in modern animal stories—records nothing improbable at all. But the author’s insight and his power of interpretation individualize the little spaniel and bring him into the reader’s intimate sympathy.
Illustrated with four full-page colored illustrations and a large number in black and white by Maud Earl, $1.50 net; postage extra.
Half Hours
By J. M. Barrie
From the delightful, romantic fantasy of “Pantaloon” to the present-day realism of “The Twelve Pound Look” represents the wide scope of Mr. Barrie’s dramatic work. All four of the plays in this volume, though their subjects are quite diverse, are beautifully suggestive of Barrie at his best with all his keenest humor, brightest spontaneity, and deepest insight.
“Pantaloon,” “The Twelve Pound Look,” “Rosalind” and “The Will.” $1.25 net; postage extra.
Notes on Novelists
With Some Other Notes
By Henry James
Here is a book which describes with penetrating analysis and in a thoroughly entertaining manner of telling the work not only of the great modern novelists of the last century, Stevenson, Zola, Balzac, Flaubert, and Thackeray, but also takes up in a chapter entitled “The New Novel” the work of Galsworthy, Mrs. Wharton, Conrad, Wells, Walpole, Bennett and the other more important contemporary novelists. This chapter gives in a short space as keen and authoritative a criticism of present-day fiction as can be found.
$2.50 net; postage extra.
Artist and Public
And Other Essays on Art Subjects
By Kenyon Cox
There is no one writing of art today with the vitality that fills every paragraph of Mr. Cox’s work. Its freedom from what has become almost a conventional jargon in much art criticism, and the essential interest of every comment and suggestion, account for an altogether exceptional success that his book on The Classic Spirit has had within the last few years, and that will be repeated with this volume.
Illustrated. $1.50 net; postage extra.
The Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
With an Introduction by E. C. Stedman and Notes by Professor G. E. Woodberry.
Nearly half a century passed after the death of Poe before the appearance of the Stedman-Woodberry Edition of his works, which embodies in its editorial departments critical scholarship of the highest class. In this volume of Poe’s “Poems” the introduction and the notes treat not only of the more significant aspects of Poe’s genius as a poet, but his technical methods, and of scores of bibliographical and personal matters suggested by his verses. Entirely reset in larger type.
Half morocco, $4.00 net; half calf, $3.50 net; cloth, with portrait, $2.00 net.
In Dickens’ London
By F. Hopkinson Smith
The rare versatility of an author who can transfer to paper his impressions of atmosphere as well in charcoal sketch as in charmingly told description has made this book an inspiration to the lover of Dickens and to the lover of London. The dusty old haunts of dusty old people, hid forever but for Dickens, are visited again and found little changed. Where modern things have crept in they are noticed with quick observation, keen humor, and that sympathy with the human which the author shares with the great Dickens himself.
Illustrated with 24 full-page illustrations from the author’s drawings in charcoal. $3.50 net; postage extra.
Robert Frank
By Sigurd Ibsen
Henry Ibsen’s only son is the author of this drama, which William Archer, the distinguished English critic, considers convincing proof that he possesses, “dramatic faculty in abundance.” Mr. Archer defines it as “a powerful and interesting play which claims attention on its own merits,” “eminently a play of today, or, rather, perhaps, of tomorrow.”
$1.25 net; postage extra.