A selection of contemporary poetry made by the English Association and
intended for the use of higher forms in secondary schools. It contains
nearly 150 poems, representative of the chief tendencies of English
poetry during the last quarter of a century, written by 47 authors,
including Meredith, Stevenson, Kipling, Newbolt, Masefield, Bridges,
Yeats, Thompson, Davidson, Watson, Belloc, Chesterton, Gosse, "A.E.,"
Binyon, Noyes, Flecker, and Rupert Brooke.
"The great merit of the selection is that the pieces are all genuine;
whatever their ultimate value, they are at least free from the fetters
of past tradition, and they therefore mark ... the beginning of a new
lease of inspiration."--_Times Educational Supplement_.
"It is a book which any student of English literature will prize for
its own sake."--_Scotsman_.
SWORDS AND PLOUGHSHARES. By JOHN DRINKWATER.
Crown 8vo, cloth, 2s. 6d. net.
"These lyrics, many of them inspired by the war, come from one of the
most accomplished poets of the day."--_Times_.
POEMS. By ELINOR JENKINS. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. net.
"A new poet, whose poetry is all made out of pain and the beautiful
religion of loss."--Mr JAMES DOUGLAS in _The Star_.
THE VOLUNTEER, and Other Poems. By HERBERT ASQUITH. Crown 8vo, 1s.
net. _Second Impression_
"Lieutenant Asquith has undoubtedly a true feeling for poetry.... It
is impossible to miss the beauty of its phrases and the fineness of its
emotion."--_Standard_.