Part 4
“Masefield’s new book attracts the widest attention from those who in any degree are interested in the quality of present-day literature.”--_Boston Transcript._
“A remarkable poem of the sea.”--_San Francisco Chronicle._
“Vivid and thrillingly realistic.”--_Current Literature._
“A genuine sailor and a genuine poet are a rare combination; they have produced a rare poem of the sea, which has made Mr. Masefield’s position in literature secure beyond the reach of caviling.”--_Everybody’s Magazine._
“Masefield has prisoned in verse the spirit of life at sea.”--_N. Y. Sun_.
“There is strength about everything Masefield writes that compels the feeling that he has an inward eye on which he draws to shape new films of old pictures. In these pictures is freshness combined with power, which form the keynotes of his poetry.”--_N. Y. Globe._
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The Poems of Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
DAILY BREAD New edition. Three volumes in one. $1.25 net
Contains “The Shirt,” a new poem of impressive poignancy and power.
“A Millet in word-painting, who writes with a terrible simplicity, is Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, born in Hexham, England, in 1878, of whom Canon Cheyne wrote: ‘A new poet of the people has risen up among us.’ The story of a soul is written as plainly in ‘Daily Bread’ as in ‘The Divine Comedy’ and in ‘Paradise Lost.’”--_The Outlook._
FIRES $1.25 net
“In ‘Fires’ as in ‘Daily Bread,’ the fundamental note is human sympathy with the whole of life. Impressive as these dramas are, it is in their cumulative effect that they are chiefly powerful.”--_Atlantic Monthly._
WOMENKIND $1.25 net
“Mr. Gibson is a genuine singer of his own day and turns into appealing harmony the world’s harshly jarring notes of poverty and pain.”--_The Outlook._
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Three Important New Volumes of Poetry
By JOHN HELSTON
LONICERA AND OTHER POEMS Preparing
This book introduces another poet of promise to the verse-lovers of this country. It is of interest to learn that Mr. Helston, who for several years was an operative mechanic in electrical works, has created a remarkable impression in England where much is expected of him. This volume, characterized by verse of rare beauty, presents his most representative work, ranging from the long descriptive title-poem to shorter lyrics.
By HERMANN HAGEDORN
POEMS AND BALLADS Preparing
“His is perhaps the most confident of the prophecies of our new poets for he has seen most clearly the poetry in the new life. His song is full of the spirit of youth and hope.... It is the song that the new century needs. His verse is strong and flexible and has an ease, a naturalness, a rhythm that is rare in young poets. In many of his shorter lyrics he recalls Heine.”--_Boston Transcript._
By FANNIE STEARNS DAVIS
MYSELF AND I $1.00 net
“For some years the poems of Miss Davis have attracted wide attention in the best periodicals. That note of wistful mysticism which shimmers in almost every line gives her art a distinction that is bound to make its appeal. In this first book--where every verse is significant--Miss Davis has achieved very beautiful and serious poetry.”--_Boston Transcript._
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