Mitchell Kennerley’s May BooksNew Men for OldBy HOWARD VINCENT O’BRIEN. A fine new American novel, serious in intent but interestingly told and written with charm and distinction.Net $1.25.Great DaysBy FRANK HARRIS, author of “The Man Shakespeare,” “The Bomb,” “Montes the Matador,” etc., etc.12mo. $1.35 net.There is nothing of the problem-novel about this newest book by Frank Harris. It is just a red-blooded gripping yarn, set in the time of Napoleon.Forum StoriesSelected by CHARLES VALE, author of “John Ward, M. D.” Uniform with “The Lyric Year.”12mo. $2.00 net.“Forum Stories” is a representative of American short stories, as was “The Lyric Year” of American poetry.The True Adventures of a PlayBy LOUIS SHIPMAN. Illustrated in colors and in black and white.12mo. $1.50 net.Perhaps you remember Henry Miller in “D’Arcy of the Guards.” Its author, Louis Shipman, has written this unique book about “D’Arcy,” in which he tells exactly what happened to the play from the very first moment the manuscript left his hands. Letters, contracts, telegrams, etc., are all given in full, and there are many interesting illustrations, both in color and in black and white. “The True Adventures of a Play” will prove of almost inestimable value to all those who practice or hope to practice the art of playwriting.Interpretations and ForecastsA STUDY OF SURVIVALS AND TENDENCIES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETYBy VICTOR BRANFORD.8vo. $2.50 net.An important book in which are discussed such timely topics as “The Position of Women,” “The Renewed Interest in the Drama,” etc.Intermediate Types Among Primitive FolkBy EDWARD CARPENTER, author of “Towards Democracy,” “Love’s Coming of Age,” etc.12mo. $2.00 net.A new and important book by a man whose writings command the attention of the civilized world.At the Sign of the VanBy MICHAEL MONAHAN, author of “Adventures in Life and Letters,” etc.12mo. $2.00 net.Michael Monahan, founder of that fascinating little magazine, “The Papyrus,” has abundant sympathy, insight, critical acumen, and above all real flavor. Into this volume he has put much of his own life story. And there is a remarkable chapter on “Sex in the Playhouse,” besides papers on Roosevelt, O. Henry, Carlyle, Renan, Tolstoy, and Arthur Brisbane, to mention but a few.Nova HiberniaBy MICHAEL MONAHAN, author of “Adventures in Life in Letters,” etc.12mo. $1.50 net.A book of delightful and informing essays about Irishmen and letters by an Irishman. Some of the chapters are “Yeats and Synge,” “Thomas Moore,” “Sheridan,” “Irish Balladry,” etc., etc.Mitchell Kennerley, 32 West 58th Street, New York
Mitchell Kennerley’s May Books
New Men for Old
By HOWARD VINCENT O’BRIEN. A fine new American novel, serious in intent but interestingly told and written with charm and distinction.
Net $1.25.
Great Days
By FRANK HARRIS, author of “The Man Shakespeare,” “The Bomb,” “Montes the Matador,” etc., etc.
12mo. $1.35 net.
There is nothing of the problem-novel about this newest book by Frank Harris. It is just a red-blooded gripping yarn, set in the time of Napoleon.
Forum Stories
Selected by CHARLES VALE, author of “John Ward, M. D.” Uniform with “The Lyric Year.”
12mo. $2.00 net.
“Forum Stories” is a representative of American short stories, as was “The Lyric Year” of American poetry.
The True Adventures of a Play
By LOUIS SHIPMAN. Illustrated in colors and in black and white.
12mo. $1.50 net.
Perhaps you remember Henry Miller in “D’Arcy of the Guards.” Its author, Louis Shipman, has written this unique book about “D’Arcy,” in which he tells exactly what happened to the play from the very first moment the manuscript left his hands. Letters, contracts, telegrams, etc., are all given in full, and there are many interesting illustrations, both in color and in black and white. “The True Adventures of a Play” will prove of almost inestimable value to all those who practice or hope to practice the art of playwriting.
Interpretations and Forecasts
A STUDY OF SURVIVALS AND TENDENCIES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
By VICTOR BRANFORD.
8vo. $2.50 net.
An important book in which are discussed such timely topics as “The Position of Women,” “The Renewed Interest in the Drama,” etc.
Intermediate Types Among Primitive Folk
By EDWARD CARPENTER, author of “Towards Democracy,” “Love’s Coming of Age,” etc.
12mo. $2.00 net.
A new and important book by a man whose writings command the attention of the civilized world.
At the Sign of the Van
By MICHAEL MONAHAN, author of “Adventures in Life and Letters,” etc.
12mo. $2.00 net.
Michael Monahan, founder of that fascinating little magazine, “The Papyrus,” has abundant sympathy, insight, critical acumen, and above all real flavor. Into this volume he has put much of his own life story. And there is a remarkable chapter on “Sex in the Playhouse,” besides papers on Roosevelt, O. Henry, Carlyle, Renan, Tolstoy, and Arthur Brisbane, to mention but a few.
Nova Hibernia
By MICHAEL MONAHAN, author of “Adventures in Life in Letters,” etc.
12mo. $1.50 net.
A book of delightful and informing essays about Irishmen and letters by an Irishman. Some of the chapters are “Yeats and Synge,” “Thomas Moore,” “Sheridan,” “Irish Balladry,” etc., etc.
Mitchell Kennerley, 32 West 58th Street, New York