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ADDITIONS—JULY 1913 343
Poetry
Dixon, William MacNeile. 821.09 D64
English epic and heroic poetry. 1912. Dent.
"From Beowulf to Matthew Arnold, Professor Dixon treats of our epic and narrative
poems with judgment and knowledge." Spectator, 1913.
Hull, Eleanor, comp. 891.6 Hgip
The poem-book of the Gael; translations from Irish Gaelic poetry
into English prose and verse. 1912. Chatto.
"The selection ranges from Ossianic literature and the early Christian poems down
to the work of Mangan and Ferguson and the folk songs of Lady Gregory." Spectator,
1913-
Ibsen, Henrik. 839.82 Ii2ly
Lyrics & poems, including songs from the dramas, with the scene
of Aase's death from "Peer Gynt;" tr. by F. E. Garrett, to which is
added a new and revised edition of the same translator's version of
"Brand;" collected and arranged by Mrs F. E. Garrett, with an introduction
by P. H. Wicksteed. 1912. Dent.
Masefield, John. 821 M44S
Story of a round-house [or, Dauber], and other poems. 1913. Macmillan.
"The initial poem, Dauber, is a long rhymed narrative of a lad whose ambition to
learn to paint the sea realistically has led him to ship as a sailor on a cruise around the
Horn. It is full of action, color and salt, and the descriptions of the storms off Cape
Horn are remarkable for their vividness." A. L. A. booklist, 1913.
Noyes, Alfred. 821 N48t
Tales of the Mermaid tavern [poems]. 1913. Stokes.
Contents: A knight of the ocean-sea.—A coiner of angels.—Black Bill's honeymoon.—The
sign of the Golden shoe.—The companion of a mile.—Big Ben.—The burial
of a queen.—Flos mercatorum.—Raleigh.
Quintus Smyrnaeus or Calaber. 883 Q42
The fall of Troy, with an English translation by A. S. Way. 1913.
Heinemann. (Loeb classical library.)
"Bibliography," p.11.
Greek and English text.
Drama
Bjornson, Bjornstjerne. 839.82 B51P
Plays; tr. from the Norwegian with an introduction by Edwin
Bjorkman. 1913. Scribner.
Contents: The gauntlet (En hanske).—Beyond our power (Over evne).—The new
system (Det ny system).
"Chronological list of plays by Bjornstjerne Bjornson," p.17.
McLeod, Addison. 852.09 M19
Plays and players in modern Italy; a study of the Italian stage as
affected by the political and social life, manners and character of today.
1912. Smith, Elder.
Contents: Introduction.—Italian plays and playwrights.—Italian players.—The
Italian style.—The dialect theatre.—Theatres and audiences; Divagando.—Appendices: