Among the Head-Hunters of FormosaMcGovern, Janet B. Montgomery
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Among the Head-Hunters of Formosa
McGovern, Janet B. Montgomery
Ethnology -- Taiwan; Headhunters
Composed on the familiar metre of “Hiawatha,” “The Song of Tiadatha”
(Tired Arthur), an extravaganza written in the highest spirits,
nevertheless is an epic of the war. It typifies what innumerable
soldiers have seen and done and the manner in which they took it.
“This song of Tiadatha is nothing less than a little English epic of
the war.”
_The Morning Post._
“Every Army officer and ex-officer will hail Tiadatha as a brother.
‘The Song of Tiadatha’ is one of the happiest skits born of the war.”
_Evening Standard._
SONGS OUT OF EXILE: Being Verses of African Sunshine and Shadow and
Black Man’s Twilight. By CULLEN GOULDSBURY.
Cloth, 4/6 net. Fourth Impression.
“The ‘Rhodesian Rhymes’ won for their author the journalistic title of
‘The Kipling of South Africa,’ and indeed his work is full of crisp
vigour, fire and colour. It is brutal in parts; but its brutality is
strong and realistic. Mr. Gouldsbury has spent many years in Rhodesia,
and its life, black and white, is thoroughly familiar to him.... Mr.
Gouldsbury is undoubtedly a writer to be reckoned with. His verse is
informed by knowledge of wild life in open places and a measure of
genuine feeling which make it real poetry.”--_Standard._
FROM THE OUTPOSTS. By CULLEN GOULDSBURY.
Cloth, 4/6 net. Third Impression.
“Mr. Cullen Gouldsbury’s collections of his verses are always welcome,
and the last, ‘From the Outposts’ is as good as its predecessor. No
one has quite Mr. Gouldsbury’s experience and gift.”
_Spectator._
“It has been well said that Mr. Gouldsbury has done for the white man
in Africa what Adam Lindsay Gordon in a measure accomplished for the
Commonwealth and Kipling triumphantly for the British race, and he
certainly is good to read.”
_Field._
THE HELL-GATE OF SOISSONS and other Poems. (“The Song of the Guns.”) By
HERBERT KAUFMAN.
Cloth, 4/6 net. Fifth Impression.
“A singular gift for expressing in verse the facts, the heroism, even
the humours of war; and in some cases voices its ideals with real
eloquence.”
_The Times._
“Mr. Kaufman has undoubtedly given us a book worthy of the great hour
that has brought it forth. He is a poet with a martial spirit and a
deep, manly voice.”
_Daily Mail._
LYRA NIGERIA. By ADAMU. (E. C. ADAMS).
Cloth, 4/6 net. Second Impression.
“Mr. E. C. Adams (Adamu) is a singer of Nigeria, and it can safely
be said he has few, if any, rivals. There is something in these
illustrations of Nigerian life akin to the style of Kipling and
Service. The heart of the wanderer and adventurer is revealed, and in
particular that spirit of longing which comes to all ... who have gone
out to the far-lands of the world.”
_Dundee Advertiser._
SUNNY SONGS. Poems. By EDGAR A. GUEST.
Cloth, 4/6 net.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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