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
This work meets a long-felt need for a complete presentation of the Bacon-Shakespeare question, and will prove as useful to students of Shakespeare as of Bacon. It presents an exhaustive review of Shakespearean authors from Rowe to Lee, as well as a bibliography covering all printed works upon the subject in English, French, German, Spanish, Scandinavian, Italian, and Russian, articles in periodical literature, and a wealth of illustrations of great value to students and collectors. Illustrated. 8vo. $5.00.
Red Wine of Roussillon
By WILLIAM LINDSEY
“A really good romantic drama, one of the best that has been produced in a generation.... Compact and well made, developing swiftly and logically a tragic love story of uncommon interest.... Genuinely poetic.... A remarkable work, both in the literary and dramatic sense.”—The Nation. $1.25 net.