THE NEW NELSON CLASSICS
Over 300 volumes. Cloth gilt. Each 1s. 6d. net.
This famous series, which is now more attractive than ever, contains many notable modern books, the classics of to-morrow, besides "classics" in the accepted sense. Stevenson, Dickens, Scott, the Brontës, Jane Austen, Smollett, Trollope, Hazlitt, Lamb, Boswell, Victor Hugo, Tolstoy, Shakespeare, Keats, Milton, Blake—all the great novelists and poets are included; volumes of history, biography, travel, science, religion, etc.; and children's classics.
Recent additions include MOTHER GOOSE, edited by Joan Huggins (300 nursery rhymes, 200 pictures); RUBÁIYÁT of Omar Khayyam, in Fitzgerald's rendering, with an Introduction by Monica Redlich; PLAYS of R. B. Sheridan, complete, edited by John Hampden, from the original editions; HUCKLEBERRY FINN, Mark Twain (Illustrated); BLACK BEAUTY, Anna Sewell (Illustrated); A SHORTER PEPYS, the famous Diary, abridged by F. W. Tickner; GREAT PHILOSOPHIES OF THE WORLD, C. E. M. Joad; CAPITAL, Karl Marx, abridged by John Strachey; THE WORLD OF GREECE AND ROME, Edwyn Bevan; HELEN WITH THE HIGH HAND, Arnold Bennett; THE GOLDEN AGE, Kenneth Grahame; THE NAP AND OTHER STORIES, Walter de la Mare; GREENMANTLE, John Buchan; THE PATH TO ROME, Hilaire Belloc; TRENT'S LAST CASE, E. C. Bentley; MANY CARGOES, W. W. Jacobs; THE ENGLISH NOVEL, J. B. Priestley; GARIBALDI AND THE THOUSAND, G. M. Trevelyan.
Please send for complete list: Nelsons, 35-36 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.4; Parkside Works, Edinburgh; 25 rue Denfert-Rochereau, Paris; 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne; 91-93 Wellington Street West, Toronto; 381-385 Fourth Avenue, New York. Many new volumes are being issued.
PLAYS AND BOOKS ON DRAMA
NELSONS publish several hundred plays, in one act and longer, for players of all ages and all tastes—and many excellent books on drama, play-production, concerts, ballet, acting, costume, etc., etc. New volumes are constantly appearing.
They publish also many playbooks for schools, including a graduated course in drama (ages 4-18) which is unique and extremely successful.
Send a card to-day—"PLAY LISTS, PLEASE," or "SCHOOL PLAY LISTS, PLEASE"—to Messrs. Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., 35-36 Paternoster Row, London, E.C.4; Parkside Works, Edinburgh; 25 rue Denfert Rochereau, Paris; 312 Flinders Street, Melbourne; 91-93 Wellington Street West, Toronto; 381 Fourth Avenue, New York.
PLAYS WITHOUT FEES
Edited by
JOHN HAMPDEN
Opportunity, a drama in one act (R. J. McGregor)—Other Times, Other Manners, a burlesque in two scenes (John Pearmain)—Aunt Deborah, a farce in one act (Nora Ratcliff)—Celestial Meeting, a farcical sketch (Clive Sansom)—The Friendly Waiter, a comedy sketch (Evelyn Smith)—Gabriel Grub, a play in mime (Gladys Wiles). The first four plays are now published for the first time. All are excellent for amateur performance and easy to stage. No acting fees.
Quarter cloth boards. 2s. net.