Introduction by Elizabeth Shepley Sergeant.
Introducing one of the most significant writers of France, himself a
working man, in whom is incarnated the new self-consciousness of the
worker’s world.
DECADENCE, AND OTHER ESSAYS ON THE CULTURE OF IDEAS. By REMY DE
GOURMONT. Translated by William Aspenwall Bradley.
An introduction to Gourmont’s theory of the “disassociation of ideas,”
which has been called “the most fruitful and provocative theory since
Nietzsche.”
HISTORY: ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE. By BENEDETTO CROCE. Translated by
Douglas Ainslie.
A new interpretation of the meaning of history, and a survey of the
great historians, by one of the leaders of European thought.
THE NEW SOCIETY. By WALTER RATHENAU. Translated by Arthur Windham.
One of Germany’s most influential thinkers and men of action presents
his vision of the new society emerging out of the War.
THE REFORM OF EDUCATION. By GIOVANNI GENTILE. With an Introduction
by Benedetto Croce. Translated by Dino Bigongiari.
An introduction to the philosophy of a great contemporary thinker who
has an extraordinary influence on Italian life to-day.
THE REIGN OF THE EVIL ONE. By C. F. RAMUZ. Translated by James
Whitall. With an Introduction by Ernest Boyd.
“A rural fantasia comparable to Synge’s ‘Playboy,’” introducing an
interesting French-Swiss novelist.
THE GOOSE MAN. By JACOB WASSERMANN, author of “The World’s
Illusion.” Translated by Allen W. Porterfield.
A novel which raises the question whether genius can ignore the common
rules of humanity without self-destruction.
RUBÈ. By G. A. BORGESE. Translated by Isaac Goldberg.
A novel which has had a sensational success in Italy, centering on the
spiritual collapse since the War.
THE PATRIOTEER. By HEINRICH MANN. Translated by Ernest Boyd.
A German “Main Street,” describing the career of a typical product of
militarism, in school, university, business, and love.
MODERN RUSSIAN POETRY: AN ANTHOLOGY. Translated by Babette Deutsch
and A. Yarmolinsky.
Covers the whole field of Russian verse since Pushkin, with the emphasis
on contemporary poets.
LIFE OF CHRIST. By GIOVANNI PAPINI. Translated by Dorothy Canfield
Fisher.
The first biography of Christ by a great man of letters since Renan’s.
CONTEMPORARY GERMAN POETRY: AN ANTHOLOGY. Translated by Babette
Deutsch and A. Yarmolinsky. _In preparation._
Covers the whole field of twentieth century poetry in Germany down to
the latest “expressionists.”
SONATAS. By RAMÒN DEL VALLE-INCLÀN. _In preparation._
A romance by the most finished artist of modern Spain.
OTHER BOOKS ON FOREIGN LITERATURE BY THE SAME PUBLISHERS
BENEDETTO CROCE: AN INTRODUCTION TO HIS PHILOSOPHY. By RAFFAELLO
PICCOLI.
The first adequate account of Croce’s life and thought.
A GUIDE TO RUSSIAN LITERATURE. By M. J. OLGIN.
A popular handbook describing the life and works of some sixty Russian
authors.
HARCOURT, BRACE AND COMPANY
Publishers New York
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