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Outlook

An Illustrated Weekly of Current Life

SEPTEMBER 21, 1927

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MASEFIELD

A Great Poet by Virtue of a Great Soul

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HE tumult and the shouting dies, the critics and their bards depart; John Masefield remains, one of the few who carry on the high tradition of English poetry, a great poet by virtue of a great soul.

In these books, says Arthur Guiterman, there is nothing weak or petty. We have the lyric vigor and rude mirth of the early "SaltWater Ballads," with the sailor's yearning for the sea and the loveliness of tall ships; the plays and the tragic poems, with their deep feeling for struggling humanity; "Reynard the Fox," with its rich Chaucerian pictures of the English countryside; the later sonnets, with

their definite philosophy and melodious charm; and always the understanding sympathy that drives out hatred and the passionate devotion of the seeker for

That one beauty

God put me here to find. Great poetry is essential truth revealed in beauty; and poetry is not an exercise for the neurotic, the lazy, or the mentally deficient. The mind of a true poet should be as logical as that of a mathematician and as clean, vigorous, and well trained as the body of an athlete; his observation and insight should be as unerring as that of a scientist; and his utterance, with all its

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graces of diction, should be as clear as that of a mountaineer or a wise child. The great poet, like the great scientist, deals not in "common sense," but in that uncommon sense which may become the common sense of a better day. By these tests and more, John Masefield is surely of the elect.

The Red Leather Pocket Edition

of John Masefield's poems, in eight pocket-sized volumes, will be a priceless acquisition for any home library. This set is a fine example of the book-maker's art, bound in genuine red leather with gold stamping and gold tops. The paper is of fine texture, the type beautifully clear and legible. It is truly a de luxe edition. This set will be sent you without obligation for free examination on receipt of the coupon. You examine it at our risk. If you decide to buy it, you do so under the easy conditions of payment explained in the coupon. Act today, before our limited supply of this edition is exhausted. Use the coupon, or mail a post-card.

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