Chapter 21

IMPORTANT BOOKSOF THE SPRINGIN THE HIGH HILLSBy Maxwell Struthers BurtThis little book is one that the lover of poetry cannot overlook. Mr. Burt has authentic poetic inspiration and a fine command of poetic language and his work will be read and treasured.$1.00 net. Postage extra.THE SISTER OF THE WINDBy Grace Fallow NortonThis new collection of Miss Norton’s work, the first since the “Little Gray Songs from St. Joseph’s,” shows remarkable poetic growth in technical facility, and in range and force of imagination.$1.25 net. Postage extra.THE WOLF OF GUBBIOBy Josephine Preston Peabody“The author has succeeded in transferring to the pages of her drama much of the indefinable sweetness and spirituality which we associate with the name of St. Francis, and in so doing she has enhanced the tender and appealing qualities which distinguish all of her work.”—San Francisco Chronicle.$1.10 net. Postage extra.THE LITTLE BOOK OF MODERN VERSEBy Jessie B. Rittenhouse“A delight to all who love poetry.... Surely generations other than this will be grateful to the wise gatherer of so much loveliness.”—N. Y. Times.$1.00 net. Postage extra.THE RIDE HOMEBy Florence Wilkinson Evans“Rich in beauty of thought, feeling and expression.... All the songs, whether glad or sorrowful, are human, tender, and touching.”—Chicago Record-Herald.$1.25 net. Postage extra.THE POEMS OF JOSEPH BEAUMONTPoems, most of them hitherto unpublished, of Dr. Joseph Beaumont, a seventeenth century divine. The manuscript was loaned by Prof. George H. Palmer to Wellesley College, where it was translated and equipped with notes and introduction by Eloise Robinson, under the direction of Professor Katharine Lee Bates.$5.00 net. Postage extra. Limited edition, of which 200 copies are for sale.LYRICS FROM THE CHINESEBy Helen WaddellThese free translations of a group of Chinese poems are admirable in their faithfulness to the spirit of the originals. They breathe the fatalism, wistfulness, homely wisdom, and love of beauty so characteristic of all Oriental expression.$1.00 net. Postage extra.LOST DIARIESBy Maurice BaringThe many readers who have found piquant pleasure in Mr. Baring’s delightful fabrications, “Dead Letters” and “Diminutive Dramas,” will find similar but fresh delight in his “Lost Diaries.”$1.25 net. Postage extra.PAUL VERLAINEBy Wilfred ThorleyThis volume deals in a sane and authoritative fashion with that most brilliant of insane geniuses, Paul Verlaine. Verlaine’s fevered life and his outstanding poetic work are both studied with full knowledge and with a fine critical sense.With portrait. 75 cents net. Postage extra.A LIFE OF TOLSTOYBy Edward GarnettMr. Garnett, who is one of the best known of the younger English critics, has made a close study of Tolstoy’s life and work. He presents it with sympathy, yet with careful detachment, and always in harmony with the general relation of life and thought of the day.With portrait. 75 cents net. Postage extra.IN THE OLD PATHSBy Arthur Grant“A charming book of sketches that take us into holy places—places made sacred by association now dear to the lover of books.”—Book News Monthly.Illustrated. $1.50 net. Postage extra.STORIES AND POEMS AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS OF BRET HARTEThe material here collected stands comparison in interest and value with that in any of Harte’s other volumes. Mr. Charles Meeker Kozlay, who is widely known as the most successful collector of Hartiana, has been able to collect a group of stories, essays, and poems from magazine and newspaper sources that every reader of Bret Harte will want.Illustrated. $6.00 net. Postpaid. Limited to 500 copies for sale.A CHILD OF THE ORIENTBy Demetra VakaA fascinating autobiographical story of the early life of a Greek girl in Constantinople. It has the exotic, Arabian Nights flavor of the same author’s “Haremlik,” with an even keener, more consecutive narrative interest.$1.25 net. Postage extra.CLARK’S FIELDBy Robert HerrickOne of Mr. Herrick’s ablest and strongest novels, showing the development of a modern girl involved in the changing conditions of American social and business life.$1.40 net. Postage extra.4 Park St. 16 E. 40th St. Boston Houghton Mifflin Company New York

IMPORTANT BOOKSOF THE SPRING

IN THE HIGH HILLS

By Maxwell Struthers Burt

This little book is one that the lover of poetry cannot overlook. Mr. Burt has authentic poetic inspiration and a fine command of poetic language and his work will be read and treasured.

$1.00 net. Postage extra.

THE SISTER OF THE WIND

By Grace Fallow Norton

This new collection of Miss Norton’s work, the first since the “Little Gray Songs from St. Joseph’s,” shows remarkable poetic growth in technical facility, and in range and force of imagination.

$1.25 net. Postage extra.

THE WOLF OF GUBBIO

By Josephine Preston Peabody

“The author has succeeded in transferring to the pages of her drama much of the indefinable sweetness and spirituality which we associate with the name of St. Francis, and in so doing she has enhanced the tender and appealing qualities which distinguish all of her work.”—San Francisco Chronicle.

$1.10 net. Postage extra.

THE LITTLE BOOK OF MODERN VERSE

By Jessie B. Rittenhouse

“A delight to all who love poetry.... Surely generations other than this will be grateful to the wise gatherer of so much loveliness.”—N. Y. Times.

$1.00 net. Postage extra.

THE RIDE HOME

By Florence Wilkinson Evans

“Rich in beauty of thought, feeling and expression.... All the songs, whether glad or sorrowful, are human, tender, and touching.”—Chicago Record-Herald.

$1.25 net. Postage extra.

THE POEMS OF JOSEPH BEAUMONT

Poems, most of them hitherto unpublished, of Dr. Joseph Beaumont, a seventeenth century divine. The manuscript was loaned by Prof. George H. Palmer to Wellesley College, where it was translated and equipped with notes and introduction by Eloise Robinson, under the direction of Professor Katharine Lee Bates.

$5.00 net. Postage extra. Limited edition, of which 200 copies are for sale.

LYRICS FROM THE CHINESE

By Helen Waddell

These free translations of a group of Chinese poems are admirable in their faithfulness to the spirit of the originals. They breathe the fatalism, wistfulness, homely wisdom, and love of beauty so characteristic of all Oriental expression.

$1.00 net. Postage extra.

LOST DIARIES

By Maurice Baring

The many readers who have found piquant pleasure in Mr. Baring’s delightful fabrications, “Dead Letters” and “Diminutive Dramas,” will find similar but fresh delight in his “Lost Diaries.”

$1.25 net. Postage extra.

PAUL VERLAINE

By Wilfred Thorley

This volume deals in a sane and authoritative fashion with that most brilliant of insane geniuses, Paul Verlaine. Verlaine’s fevered life and his outstanding poetic work are both studied with full knowledge and with a fine critical sense.

With portrait. 75 cents net. Postage extra.

A LIFE OF TOLSTOY

By Edward Garnett

Mr. Garnett, who is one of the best known of the younger English critics, has made a close study of Tolstoy’s life and work. He presents it with sympathy, yet with careful detachment, and always in harmony with the general relation of life and thought of the day.

With portrait. 75 cents net. Postage extra.

IN THE OLD PATHS

By Arthur Grant

“A charming book of sketches that take us into holy places—places made sacred by association now dear to the lover of books.”—Book News Monthly.

Illustrated. $1.50 net. Postage extra.

STORIES AND POEMS AND OTHER UNCOLLECTED WRITINGS OF BRET HARTE

The material here collected stands comparison in interest and value with that in any of Harte’s other volumes. Mr. Charles Meeker Kozlay, who is widely known as the most successful collector of Hartiana, has been able to collect a group of stories, essays, and poems from magazine and newspaper sources that every reader of Bret Harte will want.

Illustrated. $6.00 net. Postpaid. Limited to 500 copies for sale.

A CHILD OF THE ORIENT

By Demetra Vaka

A fascinating autobiographical story of the early life of a Greek girl in Constantinople. It has the exotic, Arabian Nights flavor of the same author’s “Haremlik,” with an even keener, more consecutive narrative interest.

$1.25 net. Postage extra.

CLARK’S FIELD

By Robert Herrick

One of Mr. Herrick’s ablest and strongest novels, showing the development of a modern girl involved in the changing conditions of American social and business life.

$1.40 net. Postage extra.

4 Park St. 16 E. 40th St. Boston Houghton Mifflin Company New York


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