In this striking book of verse Mr. Gibson writes of simple, homely folk with touching sympathy. The author's previous book, "Daily Bread," was heralded far and wide as the book of the year in the field of poetry; in "Fires" are contained many of the same characteristics which distinguished it. The story of a girl whose lover is struck dead by a flying bit of stone; of a wife who has unusual patience with her husband's shortcomings; of a flute player; of a shop and a shopkeeper; of a machine and those who feed it--these are the subjects of a number of the separate pieces. _BY THE SAME AUTHOR_ Daily Bread In Three Books _12mo, $1.25 net_ Womenkind _12mo, $1.25 net_ "There is a man in England who with sufficient plainness and sufficient profoundness is addressing himself to life, and daring to chant his own times and social circumstances, who ought to become known to America. He is bringing a message which might well rouse his day and generation to an understanding of and a sympathy with life's disinherited--the overworked masses." "A Millet in word-painting, who writes with a terrible simplicity, is Wilfrid Wilson Gibson, born in Hexham, England, in 1878, of whom Canon Cheyne wrote: 'A new poet of the people has risen up among us--the story of a soul is written as plainly in "Daily Bread" as in "The Divine Comedy" and in "Paradise Lost."'" "Mr. Gibson is a genuine singer of his own day, and turns into appealing harmony the world's harshly jarring notes of poverty and pain." _--Abridged from an article in "The Outlook."_ A BOOK THAT HAS BEEN WAITED FOR _THE MODERN READER'S CHAUCER_ The Complete Poetical Works of Geoffrey Chaucer Now first put into modern English by JOHN S. P. TATLOCK Author of "The Development and Chronology of Chaucer's Works," and PERCY MACKAYE Author of "The Canterbury Pilgrims," etc. _With 32 full-page illustrations in color by Warwick Goble_ _Decorated cloth, 4to, $5.00 net_ Any one unversed in old English is familiar with the difficulty of reading Chaucer in the original--to many it is not only a difficulty, but an impossibility. The vast literary wealth of Chaucer's writings has been therefore up to this time beyond the grasp of the general reader--for there has been no complete rendering in modern English. It is to do away with this condition that "The Modern Reader's Chaucer" has been prepared. Adhering closely to the original, the editors have rendered in modern English all the wonderful tales of this early poet. A particular feature of the volume is the illustrations, of which there are thirty-two in colors from paintings by Warwick Goble, the celebrated English artist. From the standpoint of artistic book making it is to be doubted if a handsomer book will be published for some time to come or even one which will stand comparison with this. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY Publishers 64-66 Fifth Avenue New York