The War and the Future (Masefield, 1918)/Advertisements
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THE WORKS OF JOHN MASEFIELD
"This is a miniature epic, or saga, its eloquent but unforced prose making it a book that will stand high among Masefield's productions. . . . Masefield writes of the military aspect of the campaign with a rare facility for pictorial expression . . . a splendid story of bravery splendidly told."—New York Evening Post.
What Mr. Masefield did for the Gallipoli Campaign, he now does for the Campaign in France. His subject is the old front line as it was when the battle of the Somme began. His account is vivid and gripping a huge conflict seen through the eyes of a great poet, this is the book.
BY JOHN MASEFIELD
"Reveals an interesting development in poetic thought and expression . . . a new Masefield . . . who has never written with more dignity, nor with more artistry. Those who go in quest of Beauty will find her here. . . . Here is beauty of impression, beauty of expression, beauty of thought, and beauty of phrase."—The New York Times.
The Story of a Round-House, and Other Poems
"The story of that rounding of the Horn! Never in prose has the sea been so tremendously described."—Chicago Evening Post.
"Masefield has prisoned in verse the spirit of life at sea."—N. Y. Sun.
The Everlasting Mercy and The Widow in the Bye Street
(Awarded the Royal Society of Literature's prize of $500)
"Mr. Masefield comes like a Sash of light across contemporary English poetry. The improbable has been accomplished; he has made poetry out of the very material that has refused to yield it for almost a score of years."—Boston Evening Transcript.
"A vigour and sincerity rare in modern English literature."—The Independent.
Philip the King, and Other Poems
"Mr. Masefield has never done anything better than these poems."—Argonaut.
Lollingdon Downs and Other Poems
A new book of poems by Mr. Masefield, containing his most recent work in verse. The same beauty of expression and impression which pervaded his earlier poetry will be found in the pages of "Lollingdon Downs and Other Poems." These latest of Mr. Masefield's poems are issued in a limited edition.
"Neither in the design nor in the telling did or could 'Enoch Arden' come near the artistic truth of 'The Daffodil Fields.'"—Sir Quiller-Couch, Cambridge University.
"The salt of the sea is in these jingles not the mystic sea of the older poets who had an art, but the hard sea that men fight, even in these days of leviathan liners, in stout-timbered hulls with blocks to rattle and hemp for the gale to whistle through and give the salt-lipped chantey man his rugged meters."—New York Sun.
As a sailor before the mast Masefield has traveled the world over. Many of the tales in this volume are his own experiences written with the same dramatic fidelity displayed in "Dauber."
"This is material of the best kind for a story of adventure, and Mr. Masefield uses it to the best advantage. He has the gift of direct and simple narrative, and it need hardly be said that he knows the human heart."—Argonaut.
"Worthy to rank high among books of its class. The story has quality, charm, and spirited narrative."—Outlook.
A stirring story of adventure, dealing with pirates and buccaneers, and life on the seas in a day when an ocean trip was beset with all kinds of dangers and excitements. Those who have enjoyed "Captain Margaret" and "Multitude and Solitude" will find this tale equally exhilarating.
A play such as only the author of "Nan" could have written. Tense in situation and impressive in its poetry it conveys Masefield's genius in the handling of the dramatic form.
The Faithful: A Tragedy in Three Acts
"A striking drama . . . a notable work that will meet with the hearty appreciation of discerning readers."—The Nation.
"One of the most distinctive tragedies written by a dramatist of the modern school."—N. Y. Evening Post.
The Locked Chest, and the Sweeps of Ninety-Eight
The place of Mr. Masefield as a dramatist has been amply proved by the plays which he has published hitherto. In the realm of the one-act play he is seen to quite as good effect as in the longer work, and this volume ranks with his best.
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