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Rudyard Kipling. BARRACK-ROOM BALLADS; And Other Verses. By Rudyard Kipling. Twelfth Edition. Crown 8vo. 6s.
‘Mr. Kipling’s verse is strong, vivid, full of character.... Unmistakable genius rings in every line.’—Times.
‘The ballads teem with imagination, they palpitate with emotion. We read them with laughter and tears; the metres throb in our pulses, the cunningly ordered words tingle with life; and if this be not poetry, what is?’—Pall Mall Gazette.
“Q.” POEMS AND BALLADS. By “Q.,” Author of ‘Green Bays,’ etc. Crown 8vo. Buckram. 3s. 6d.
‘This work has just the faint, ineffable touch and glow that make poetry. ‘Q.’ has the true romantic spirit.’—Speaker.
“Q.” GREEN BAYS: Verses and Parodies. By “Q.,” Author of ‘Dead Man’s Rock,’ etc. Second Edition. Crown 8vo. 3s. 6d.
‘The verses display a rare and versatile gift of parody, great command of metre, and a very pretty turn of humour.’—Times.
E. Mackay. A SONG OF THE SEA. By Eric Mackay, Author of ‘The Love Letters of a Violinist.’ Second Edition. Fcap. 8vo. 5s.
‘Everywhere Mr. Mackay displays himself the master of a style marked by all the characteristics of the best rhetoric. He has a keen sense of rhythm and of general balance; his verse is excellently sonorous.’—Globe.