'AND, outen Pon This edition is published privately and ig limited to 125 copies of which only 100 are for gale through out the world, No information. is supplied as to where such can be obtained, nor at what price, The author "divides his book, which has only 39 pages, into thros parts. The first, main backbone of the book, consists of "The Prisoner." His masters in the poetic art would seem to be Shelley and Byron. His theme would seem to expand the old adage "that "Contentment spells The following extracts {rom "The Prisoner" show the style. Tt may be surmised that, if reference to the current state of China were inferred, the author might not feel aggrieved, War realm where wars have wer roed here "ande snd famine atanca fin bow bent th through pence So ickenel land by discord one may Yer where no strife ix there stone ton les, content with discontent forever vies Likewise the soul when from content Fifteen three-minute plays for three people, which are described as "essays in compression" not intended for production, are to be published by Thornton' Wilder, the author of "The Bridge of San Luis Rey," through Longmans. Followier sg sev Hal
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