FIVE DELIGHTFUL ANTHOLOGIES
POEMS FOR TRAVELERS
Compiled by Mary R. J. DuBois. 16mo. Cloth, $1.50; leather, $2.50.
Covers France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and Greece in some three hundred poems (nearly one-third of them by Americans) from about one hundred and thirty poets. All but some forty of these poems were originally written in English.
The three following books are uniform, with full gilt flexible covers and pictured cover linings. 16mo. Each, cloth, $1.50; leather, $2.50.
THE POETIC OLD WORLD
Compiled by Miss L. H. Humphrey.
Covers Europe, including Spain, Belgium and the British Isles, in some two hundred poems from about ninety poets. Some thirty, not originally written in English, are given in both the original and the best available translation.
THE OPEN ROAD
A little book for wayfarers. Compiled by E. V. Lucas.
Some 125 poems from over 60 authors, including Fitzgerald, Shelley, Shakespeare, Kenneth Grahame, Stevenson, Whitman, Browning, Keats, Wordsworth, Matthew Arnold, Tennyson, William Morris, Maurice Hewlett, Isaak Walton, William Barnes, Herrick, Dobson, Lamb, Milton, Whittier, etc., etc.
“A very charming book from cover to cover.”—Dial.
THE FRIENDLY TOWN
A little book for the urbane, compiled by E. V. Lucas.
Over 200 selections in verse and prose from 100 authors, including: James R. Lowell, Burroughs, Herrick, Thackeray, Scott, Vaughn, Milton, Cowley, Browning, Stevenson, Henley, Longfellow, Keats, Swift, Meredith, Lamb, Lang, Dobson, Fitzgerald, Pepys, Addison, Kemble, Boswell, Holmes, Walpole, and Lovelace.
“Would have delighted Charles Lamb.”—The Nation.
A BOOK OF VERSES FOR CHILDREN
Over 200 poems representing some 80 authors. Compiled by E. V. Lucas. With decorations by F. D. Bedford. Revised edition. $2.00. Library edition, $1.00 net.
“We know of no other anthology for children so complete and well arranged.”—Critic.
MAY SINCLAIR’S THE HELPMATE
A story of married life. Third printing. $1.50.
“An advance upon ‘The Divine Fire.’”—London Times.
“The one novel on the divorce question.”—Boston Transcript.
“A noteworthy book.... There are things said in these pages, and said very plainly, which need to be said, which are rarely enough said—almost never so well said. The book contains unforgettable scenes, persons, phrases, and such a picture of the hardness of a good woman as exists nowhere else in our literature.”—New York Times Saturday Review.
“Masterly ... artistic to the core.”—Boston Advertiser.
“No criticism of trifles can leave in doubt the great distinction of her craftsmanship. Very certainly she must have made her reputation by this book, if it had not been already won.”—Punch (London).
MAY SINCLAIR’S THE DIVINE FIRE
A story of a London poet. 13th printing. $1.50.
“In all our new fiction I have found nothing worthy to compare with ‘The Divine Fire.’”—Mary Moss in The Atlantic Monthly.
“A full-length study of the poetic temperament, framed in a varied and curiously interesting environment, and drawn with a firmness of hand that excites one’s admiration.... Moreover, a real distinction of style, besides being of absorbing interest from cover to cover.”—Dial.
“I find her book the most remarkable that I have read for many years.”—Owen Seaman in Punch (London).
MAY SINCLAIR’S THE TYSONS
4th printing. $1.50
“Maintains a clinging grip upon the mind and senses, compelling one to acknowledge the author’s genius.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
MAY SINCLAIR’S SUPERSEDED
2nd printing. $1.25
“Makes one wonder if in future years the quiet little English woman may not be recognized as a new Jane Austen.”—New York Sun.
MAY SINCLAIR’S AUDREY CRAVEN
2nd printing. $1.50
“It ranks high in originality, interest and power.... Audrey is a distinct creation.”—Times Review.
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