BY THE SAME AUTHOR
POEMS IN CAPTIVITY
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John Still was captured by the Turks in Gallipoli in 1915, and remained in captivity for over three years, during which he found it essential to have some absorbing mental occupation to preserve his sanity. He discovered in himself then, for the first time, the power of writing verse. For many years before the war he lived in Ceylon, and the latter part of the book is taken up with poems on its peoples and lost cities, the first part containing the poems inspired by captivity.
Morning Post.—“The poems have a quiet power that grows on the reader.”
Nation.—“Such excellent reading.”
Illustrated London News.—“One of the most interesting books of war-verse which have yet appeared.”
Outlook.—“‘The Ballad of Suvla Bay’ is among the finest poems of the war.”
Daily Graphic.—“Mr. Still has an unusual command of varied form.”
Book Monthly.—“Mr. Still’s verse is charged with the full ripening of poetic harvest.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“Mr. Still is distinctly happy in expression, and his work has a very real interest.”
Scotsman.—“This remarkable volume.”
Athenæum.—“Undeniably interesting.”
Bookman.—“Mr. Still is a poet of considerable worth.”
Ladies’ Field.—“It contains very splendid verse. The strength and simplicity of them will appeal to a big public.”