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Familiar Studies in Homer
by Agnes M. ClerkeHomeric archæology has, within the last few years, finally left the groove of purely academic discussion to advance along the new route laid down for it by practical methods of investigation. The results are full of present interest, and of future promise. They already imply a reconstruction of the Hellenic past; they vitalise the Homeric world, br..
The Isle of Demons and Other Poems
by George MartinThe poems in this volume have been written at various periods of a busy life, and are widely separated in date of composition. Most of the minor poems have appeared in Canadian periodicals, and some of them have the local colour of the city in which they were written. The poem most recent in date is Marguerite, which has been written under conditio..
Sir Isumbras at the Ford
by D. K. BrosterSir Isumbras at the Ford is a fiction story written by D. K. Broster, who is also the co-author of books like CHANTEMERLE, and THE VISION SPLENDID contributed along-with G. W. Taylor.The unusual presence of a statue of the Virgin, and of Mme. d'Aulnoy's Contes de fées on the second floor this London house, was, naturally, but a consequenc..
Lexington
by Sidney HowardThe aim of this play is to represent the impulse and the progress of civil liberty in this country since the commencement of the War for Independence. The intention is never literal. In spite of a certain actuality in the presentation of the incidents of “The Glorious Morning” at Lexington, the play must always be considered and produced as an abst..
Anthology of Magazine Verse for 1914
by William Stanley BraithwaiteThe modern idea seems to be that poetry has no relation to life. Life in the modern sense is action, progress, success. Poetry has been conceded special themes: it can deal with passion,—the strange and unnatural and unreal physical attraction of the sexes—with nature, with the symbols of mythology, and with the characteristic sentimental heroism o..
Base-ball Ballads
by Grantland RiceBase-ball Ballads is a collection of poems written by Grantland Rice. Some of the poems are titled as below:Play BallWhen the Bug Is on the BawlCasey’s RevengeThe Bug’s View-PointThe Courtship of a Son of SwatThe Bush Leaguer’s DreamSpringtime in the History RoomThe Hold-Out LeagueThe Song of the Base Hit..
Terrible Tractation and Other Poems
by Christopher CausticIn submitting the present edition of the following poem, entitled Terrible Tractoration, to the American public, the author complies not only with solicitations of personal friends, but with expressed wishes of many gentlemen to whom he is personally a stranger. They say that by stripping folly of some of its disguises, and plucking the mask of dec..
Daughters of Men
by Hannah LynchThe Austrian embassy at Athens was more largely and more brilliantly attended than usual. At nine o’clock the Patissia Road showed a line of carriages going backward towards the Platea Omonia from the gaily-lighted embassy. All the foreign ministers were there, as well as the Prime Minister of Greece, and whatever distinguished travellers Athens ha..