Now first put into modern English by
JOHN S. P. TATLOCK
Author of "The Development and Chronology of Chaucer's Works,"
and
PERCY MACKAYE
Author of "The Canterbury Pilgrims," etc.
_With 32 full-page illustrations in color by Warwick Goble_
_Decorated cloth, 4to, $5.00 net_
Any one unversed in old English is familiar with the difficulty of
reading Chaucer in the original--to many it is not only a difficulty,
but an impossibility. The vast literary wealth of Chaucer's writings has
been therefore up to this time beyond the grasp of the general
reader--for there has been no complete rendering in modern English. It
is to do away with this condition that "The Modern Reader's Chaucer" has
been prepared. Adhering closely to the original, the editors have
rendered in modern English all the wonderful tales of this early poet. A
particular feature of the volume is the illustrations, of which there
are thirty-two in colors from paintings by Warwick Goble, the celebrated
English artist. From the standpoint of artistic book making it is to be
doubted if a handsomer book will be published for some time to come or
even one which will stand comparison with this.