The Cutting of an Agate

by W. B. Yeats

THE MODERN READER’S CHAUCER

The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer

Now first put into modern English by
JOHN S. P. TATLOCK
Author of “The Development and Chronology of Chaucer’s Works,”
and
PERCY MacKAYE
Author of “The Canterbury Pilgrims,” etc.

With 32 full-page illustrations in color by Warwick Goble

Decorated cloth, 4to, $5.00 net

Any one unversed in old English is familiar with the difficulty of reading Chaucer in the original—to many it is not only a difficulty, but an impossibility. The vast literary wealth of Chaucer’s writings has been therefore up to this time beyond the grasp of the general reader—for there has been no complete rendering in modern English. It is to do away with this condition that “The Modern Reader’s Chaucer” has been prepared. Adhering closely to the original, the editors have rendered in modern English all the wonderful tales of this early poet. A particular feature of the volume is the illustrations, of which there are thirty-two in colors from paintings by Warwick Goble, the celebrated English artist. From the standpoint of artistic book making it is to be doubted if a handsomer book will be published for some time to come or even one which will stand comparison with this.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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