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EGERTON.
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E. S. P. HAYNES, late Scholar of Balliol
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No. 20. SONGSANDSONNETS. ByEVADOBELL.
No. 22. A FLOCK OF DREAMS. By ELIZABETH GIBSON.
No. 23. SOUNDS AND SWEET AIRS. By JOHN TODHUNTER.
No. 24. THE SHADOW OF THE GLEN, AND RIDERSTOTHESEA. ByJ. M. SYNGE. [Second Edition.
No. 25. LOVE'SFUGITIVES. ByELIZABETHGIBSON.
No. 26. AN AUTUMN ROMANCE, AND OTHER POEMS. ByALICEMADDOCK.
No. 27. THE TRAGEDY OF ASGARD. By VICTOR PLARR.
No. 28. THENETSOFLOVE. ByWILFRIDWILSON GIBSON.
*No. 29. POEMSINPROSE. FromCHARLESBAUDE LAIRE. TranslatedbyARTHURSYMONS.
No. 30. SEADANGER,ANDOTHERPOEMS. By R. G. KEATINGE.
No. 31. SHADOWS. By ELIZABETH GIBSON.
No. 32. AN HOUR OF REVERIE. By F. P. STURM. No. 33. POEMSBYAURELIAN.
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No. 42. RAINBOWSANDWITCHES. ByWILLH. OGILVIE. [Third Thousand.
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No. 44. THE HEART OF THE WIND. By RUTH YOUNG.
No. 45. THE BRIDGE OF FIRE. By JAMES FLECKER.
No. 46. SYLVIA'SROSEANDTHEMAYMOON. By GILBERT HUDSON.
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THE KNOCKING AT THE DOOR, AND OTHERPOEMS. ByALICEMADDOCK.
No. 48. COZDMON'SANGEL,ANDOTHERPOEMS. By KATHARINE ALICE MURDOCH.
No. 49. FRIENDSHIP. ByLILIANSTREET.
*No. 50. CHRISTMAS SONGS AND CAROLS. By AGNES H. BEGBIE ; with seven illustrations
by EDITH CALVERT.
No. 51. A CHRISTMAS MORALITY PLAY FOR CHILDREN. By the Hon. Mrs. ALFRED
LYTTELTON.
No. 52. DAY DREAMS OF GREECE. By CHARLES W. STORK.
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ARTHUR B. TALBOT.
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*No. 55. RIVER MUSIC AND OTHER POEMS. By W. R. TlTTERTON.
No. 56. VANDERDECKENANDOTHERPIECES. By GILBERT HUDSON.
No. 57. THE PHILANTHROPISTS AND OTHER POEMS. ByRUTHYOUNG.
*No. 58. GERMANLYRISTSOFTO-DAY. ByDAISY BROICHER.
*No. 59. PHANTASIES. ByGERTRUDEH. WITHERBY.
No. 60. THREEPOEMS. ByCHARLESF. GRINDROD.
No. 61. VERSEPICTURES. ByE. HERRICK.
No. 62. RHYMES IN A GARDEN. By B. G. BALFOUR.
No. 63. RUPERT, AND OTHER DREAMS. By LILIAN STREET.
No. 64. SONGS AND SONNETS. By L. PEARSALL SMITH.
No. 65. EXTANT POEMS OF SAPPHO. By PERCY OSBORN.
No. 66. BAUDELAIRE : The Flowers of Evil, trans lated into English Verse by CYRIL SCOTT.
No. 67. VANITIES. By Ff. A. WOLFE.
No. 68. THE FAIRY RING : A Children's Play in Four Acts. By GERTRUDE H. WITHERBY.
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THE VISION. (Studies of Mysticism. ) By MRS. HAMILTON SYNGE. With a Photogravure after a Picture by G. F. WATTS, R. A.
CONTENTS: The Vision, Mysticism, The Inward Life, The Sub conscious Mind, One in Many, The Ray of Light.
AIRYNOTHINGS:HumorousVerse. ByJESSIE POPE, Author of "Paper Pellets. "
EARLY VICTORIAN AND OTHER PAPERS. By E. S. P. HAYNES, late Scholar of Balliol College, Oxford.
"The author of this book first attracted our attention by his ''
StandardsofTasteinArtsomefewyearsago. Itwasabriefbut suggestive essay by one who was obviously that rare bird, a keen and disinterestedloverofliterature. Detachmentfrompurelyliteraryideals addedacharmtothebook. Inthesenewessaysthisdetachmentis evenmoredefinite. Severalofthepaperswouldhaveapeculiarinterest from their subject alone, one study reveals some nineteenth-century characteristic in a manner beyond the reach of any but Samuel Butler's irony. " Bookman.
SONGS OF GOOD FIGHTING. By EUGENE R. WHITE. With a Prefatory Memoir by HARRY PERSONS TABER.
"A book of stirring verse. . . . The most remarkable piece in the '
volumeisthe Festind'Adieu,'ashortstory,whichissurelyoneofthe half-dozen finest stories ever written. " The Bibliophile.
THE SHADOW SHOW. By A. ST. JOHN ADCOCK.
With Frontispiece by STARR WOOD.
"The deftest and lightest of light verse. . . . Mr. Adcock shows
himselfverynearlytheequalofHood. " MorningLeader.
THE FANCY: a Selection from the Poetical Remains of the late PETER CORCORAN (z. ^. , JOHN HAMILTONREYNOLDS,thefriendofJOHNKEATS). A verbatim Reprint, with Prefatory Memoir and Notes by
JOHN MASEFIELD, and 13 Illustrations by JACK B. YEATS.
"Humorous, and full of a mischievous topical fun . . . delightfully illustratedbyMr. JackYeats. " ManchesterGuardian.
? PAPERPELLETS:HumorousVerse. ByJESSIE POPE. Fcap. 8vo, cloth, is. 6d. net ; wrapper, is. net. " Mr. Punch, who has enjoyed an intimate observation of her talent,
venturestogiveaguardian'sblessing. " Punch.
"It is all bright and merry and sparkling . . . a really witty little
book. " VanityFair.
"Miss Pope has a dainty touch, and can prick a bubble in the
kindest manner in the world . . . shows great promise of literary dis tinction. " World.
A MAINSAIL HAUL. (Nautical Yarns). By
JOHN MASEFIELD. With Frontispiece by JACK B. YEATS.
"
Mr. Masefield has the true spirit of the ancient childhood of the earth. He has the real spirit of the poets, and he has it precisely in that particular in which the poets and the tellers of fairy tales most seriously and most decisively differ from the realists of our own day. Mr. Masefield tells a story that is in itself strange, or splendid, or even supernatural, but tells it in the common, graphic language of life. " Mr. G. K.
