"Worthy to rank high among books of its class. The story has quality, charm, and spirited narrative."—Outlook.
Good Friday and Other Poems
By JOHN MASEFIELD
Author of "The Everlasting Mercy" and "The Widow in the Bye Street," etc.
Cloth, $1.25. Leather, $1.60
The title piece in this volume is a dramatic poem of sixty pages the action of which takes place in the time of Christ. The characters introduced include Pontius Pilate, Joseph of Ramah and Herod. The play, for it is really such, is written in rhyme and is one of Mr. Masefield's most interesting and important contributions to literature. In addition to this there are in the book many sonnets and short poems.
"Reveals an interesting development in poetic thought and expression ... a new Masefield ... who has never written with more dignity, nor with more artistry. Those who go in quest of Beauty will find her here.... Here is beauty of impression, beauty of expression, beauty of thought, and beauty of phrase."—The New York Times.
The Tragedy of Nan
New edition. Cloth, $1.25. Leather, $1.60
"One of the most distinctive tragedies written by a dramatist of the modern school."—N.Y. Evening Post.
The Faithful: A Tragedy in Three Acts