Literary Director of the New Theatre, New York; author of "An American at Oxford," "Which College for the Boy," "The Cave Man," etc. 12mo, $1.25 net. Postage extra.
Few developments in the last decade have been so startling and important as the wide-reaching improvement that has been made in the standards of the American stage, and there have been numerous indications that the drama—not only the closet, but the acting drama—is again coming into its own as a form of literature to be read. Peculiar interest, therefore, attaches to this brilliant play by a man who occupies a post of the first importance in promoting the improvement of the American stage.
"Husband" is a powerful embodiment in dramatic form of a typical American situation,—an overworked, harassed man—a wife feverishly desirous of social success and pleasure. How the short story works out must be left for the reader to discover. It is enough to say that it goes from scene to scene with ever-increasing intensity of interest, and that the conclusion is a strong, optimistic one, big with meaning for American readers.
To "Husband" is added a brief one-act piece entitled "The Forbidden Guests," in which the problem of race suicide and the unwelcome child is handled with unforgettable imaginative force. Mr. Corbin was for many years dramatic critic of the New York Sun.
Outdoor Books
SPORT AND TRAVEL IN THE FAR EAST
By J. C. Grew
Illustrated. Small 8vo, $3.00 net. Postage extra.
Lovers of travel and sporting adventure will find Mr. Grew's book a mine of good reading. He has been an enthusiastic sportsman, and has hunted game of all sorts in nearly every part of the world, including Singapore, the Malay Peninsula, Northern Hindustan, New Zealand, Kashmir, and China. He has killed the cave-dwelling tiger, the ibex in the Himalayas, the black bear in Baltistan, the pigeon in Egypt, wild pigs in the Malay Peninsula, with other game too numerous to mention. He is an observant traveler, a ready and picturesque writer, while he is one of the few sportsmen-authors who contrive to give their readers the story of sporting incidents as they actually occur. The result is a book of remarkable variety of interest and instructiveness. It is lavishly illustrated from a large collection of remarkable photographs taken by the author and reproduced with great care.
Mr. Grew, who is in the diplomatic service of the United States, is at present a member of the American Embassy to Germany. (Ready in April.)