English Poetry ITS PRINCIPLES AND PROGRESS, WITH REPRE- By CHARLES MILLS GAYLEY, Litt.D., LL.D., Professor of the English Language and Literature in the University of California, and CLEMENT C. YOUNG, of the Lowell High School, San Francisco, California. Cloth, 12mo, $1.10 net A manual for the general reader who takes an interest in the materials and history of the higher English poetry, and seeks a simple statement of its principles in relation to life, conduct, and art. The introduction on "The Principles of Poetry" aims to answer the questions that inevitably arise when poetry is the subject of discussion, and to give the questioner a grasp upon the essentials necessary to appreciation and to the formation of an independent judgment. "The Introduction on 'The Principles of Poetry' should be an inspiration to both teacher and pupil, and a very definite help in appreciation and study, especially in the portion that deals with the Rhythm of Verse.' The remarks on the different centuries, in their literary significance and development, are helpful, and the notes to each poem, lucid and sufficient." -HARRY S. Ross, Worcester Academy, Worcester, Mass. For more Advanced Students A History of English Prosody From the Twelfth Century to the Present Day. In three volumes. By GEORGE SAINTSBURY, M.A. (Oxon.), Hon. LL.D. (Aberdeen) Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature in the University of Edinburgh. VOLUME I. From the Origins to Spenser. xvii+428 pages, 8vo, cloth, $2.50 net VOLUME II. From Shakespeare to Crabbe. xvi+583 pages, 8vo, cloth, $3.75 net "What strikes one is the sensibleness of the book as a whole. Not merely for enthusiasts on metrics, but for students of literature in general, it is a good augury toward the probable clearing up of this entire blurred and cloudy subject to find Omond's mild fairness and Thomson's telling simplicity followed so soon by this all-pervading common sense. The most extraordinary thing about this volume is that, unintentionally as it would appear, the author has produced the one English book now existing which is likely to be of real use to those who wish to perfect themselves in the formal side of verse composition." - The Evening Post, New York. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY A History of the Eighteenth Century Literature (1660-1780) BY EDMUND GOSSE, M.A. Clark Lecturer in English Literature at Trinity College, Cloth, 12mo, $1.00 Contents:- Poetry after the Restoration; Drama_after the Restoration; Prose after the Restoration; Pope; Swift and the Deists; Defoe and the Essayists; The Dawn of Naturalism in Poetry; The Novelists; Johnson and the Philosophers; The Poets of the Decadence; The Prose of the Decadence; Conclusion, Bibliography, Index. OSWALD CRAWFORD, in London Academy: "Mr. Gosse's book is one for the student because of its fulness, its trustworthiness, and its thorough soundness of criticism; and one for the general reader because of its pleasantness and interest. It is a book, indeed, not easy to put down or to part with." The English Poets (Selections) With Critical Introductions by various writers, and General Introduction by MATTHEW ARNOLD. Edited by THOMAS HUMPHRY Ward, M.A. In 4 vols. Student's Edition. $1.00 each Vol. I. Chaucer to Donne. Vol. II. Ben Jonson to Dryden. Vol. III. Addison to Blake. Vol. IV. Wordsworth to Rossetti. New York Evening Mail: "The best collection ever made. A nobler library of poetry and criticism is not to be found in the whole range of English literature." PUBLISHED BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY PUBLISHERS, 64–66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK |