By RICHARD PRYCE

David is the most lovable of all the author’s creations, a boy who grew to manhood under conditions that might have warped a soul less noble. $1.35 net.

The Little Book of American Poets

Edited by JESSIE B. RITTENHOUSE

This book, a companion volume to “The Little Book of Modern Verse,” gives a bird’s-eye view of the 19th century, beginning with Philip Freneau and ending with the period of Madison Cawein, Bliss Carman and Richard Hovey. 140 poets are represented, and the book includes 230 poems. Cloth, $1.25 net; limp leather, $1.75 net.

The Log of a Noncombatant

By HORACE GREEN

An absorbing narrative of the adventures and experiences of an American correspondent and dispatch bearer who saw fighting both with the Germans and Allies and who, as messenger for the American Embassy at Berlin, had exceptional opportunities for a glimpse behind the scenes in war-time Germany. Illustrated. $1.25 net.

The Greatest of Literary Problems

By JAMES PHINNEY BAXTER