Books by Members of the University Lecturers
A significant proof of the growth of the Association's influence in recent years is afforded by the fact that our Secretary, Mr. G. Arnold Shaw, has been enabled to enter the publishing field successfully. We reverse thus the plan of campaign of the ordinary lecture bureau which is usually impressed with the possibilities of a man who has won fame as an author rather than as a lecturer; we discover that a man is a first rate lecturer and then we proceed to make him an author—also of the front rank as the reviews quoted below show.
ART AND ARCHITECTURE
By IAN C. HANNAH, F.S.A.
Some Irish Religious Houses... .50
Irish Cathedrals... .50
By I.B. STOUGHTON HOLBORN
The Need for Art in Life. (Third Thousand)... .75
"One of the greatest little books of the Age."—Boston Transcript.
Architectures of European Religions, Illustrated... 2.00
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
The interest of these books depend not merely upon the interesting personality of the famous lecturer and the equally fascinating personalities of his two brothers, but also on the exquisite literary style to which the critics have paid such eloquent testimony.
By JOHN COWPER POWYS AND LLEWELLYN POWYS
Confessions of Two Brothers... 1.50
By THEODORE FRANCIS POWYS
The Soliloquy of a Hermit... 1.00
This book can be compared to Amiel's Journal in the opinion of a prominent London publisher.
ESSAYS AND CRITICISM
The essays contained in the following books deal with the best lecture subjects of our various members; they are specially recommended to those who wish to pursue further the study outlined in our lecture courses.
By I.B. STOUGHTON HOLBORN
The Need for Art in Life... 75
"The thoughtful man who reads it will feel that a new
classic has been added to the world's literature."—Boston Transcript.
By JOHN COWPER POWYS
Visions and Revisions, A Book of Literary Devotions... 2.00
"Seventeen essays remarkable for the omission of all that is tedious and cumbersome in literary appreciations."—Review of Reviews.
Suspended Judgments, Essays on Books and Sensations... 2.00
"Anything written by John Cowper Powys is arresting and thrilling. This is superlatively true of his essays in literary criticism."—Cincinnati Enquirer.
"A book of infinite delight to the book lover, for few present day writers have the ability in the same measure as Mr. Powys to express every shade of impression and sensation, and his ripe judgment will appeal to all."—Boston Globe.
One Hundred Best Books, with commentary and an essay on Books and Reading... 75
"Of each of the hundred books he gives a brief, sparkling, thoroughly informative and delightfully interesting critical view. If book reviewers could do the job as well as Mr. Powys, the book pages would be the most popular part of a newspaper."—Evening Telegram, Philadelphia.
FICTION
Critics of literature seldom succeed as creative artists and so it is specially remarkable that the highest authorities give even more unqualified praise to the fiction of our members than to their essays. We need not emphasize further our lack of appreciation for the literary value of "best-sellers"; our aim has not been to produce topical tracts for the times but novels that will survive. It is more to us that competent critics should compare Mr. Powys' fiction to that of Hardy, Dostoievsky and Emily Bronte than that the public should buy it by the hundred thousand. Those who are not convinced that "you can place 'Wood and Stone' unhesitatingly at the side of Dostoievsky's masterpieces" should reflect that this is not the over-enthusiasm of "America's newest Publisher" but the verdict of a London publisher who has long held a pre-eminent position; it is therefore peculiarly satisfactory to point out that our first novel "Wood and Stone" was
PUBLISHED UNDER THE IMPRINT OF
| WILLIAM HEINEMANN | G. ARNOLD SHAW |
| IN LONDON | IN NEW YORK |
FICTION
By IAN CAMPBELL HANNAH
Quaker-Born, A Romance of the Great War... 1.35
By I.B. STOUGHTON HOLBORN
The Child of the Moat, A story of 1557 for girls... 1.25
"Of such absorbing interest and literary merit that it will doubtless take its place among the classics."—Art and Archaeology.
By JOHN COWPER POWYS
Wood and Stone, A Romance reminiscent of the great Dostoievsky... 1.75
"One of the best novels of the year."—Evening Post, New York.
"His mastery of language, his knowledge of human impulses, his interpretation of the forces of nature and of the power of inanimate objects over human beings, all pronounce him a writer of no mean rank. He can express philosophy in terms of narrative without prostituting his art; he can suggest an answer without drawing a moral; with a clearer vision he could stand among the masters in literary achievement."—Boston Transcript.
"Psychologically speaking, it is one of the most remarkable pieces of fiction ever written."—Chicago Tribune.
Rodmoor, A Romance of the old Thrilling Romantic Order... 1.50
"It is so far above the average English and American fiction that one can well exempt it from the necessity of following the rules. He has intellect, he has taste, he has a sure instinct for what is aesthetically fine. These qualities in themselves make his 'Rodmoor' a novel of exceptional distinction."—Boston Transcript.
"Without exception the most exquisitely written novel of the year."—Atlantic Monthly.
HISTORY AND TRAVEL
By IAN CAMPBELL HANNAH, M.A., D.C.L., F.S.A.
Eastern Asia, A history... 2.50
Capitals of the Northlands, A Tale of ten cities... 2.00
The Heart of East Anglia (A History of Norwich)... 2.00
The Berwick and Lothian Coast... 2.00
POETRY
By I.B. STOUGHTON HOLBORN
Children of Fancy... 2.00
"A Notable volume of Verse."—Boston Globe.
By JOHN COWPER POWYS
Wolf's-bane... 1.25
"We hesitate to say how many years it is necessary to go back in order to find their equals in sheer poetic originality."—Evening Post, New York.
Mandragora... 1.25
THE WAR
By IAN CAMPBELL HANNAH
Arms and the Map... 1.25
By JOHN COWPER POWYS
The War and Culture... .60
"More weighty than many of the more pretentious treatises on the subject."—The Nation.
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