The Roycroft Printing Shop announces the publication about Christmas time of an exquisite edition of the Song of Songs: which is Solomon’s; being a Reprint of the text together with a Study by Mr. Elbert Hubbard. In this edition a most peculiar and pleasant effect is wrought by casting the Song into dramatic form. The Study is sincere, but not serious, and has been declared by several Learned Persons, to whom the proofsheets have been submitted, to be a Work of Art. The Volume is thought a seemly and precious gift from any Wife to any Husband, or from one Friend to another. =The book is printed by hand, with rubricated initials and title page, on Dickinson’s handmade paper. The type was cast to the order of the Roycroft Shop, and is cut after one of the earliest Roman faces. It is probable that no more beautiful type for book printing was ever made, and, for reasons known to lovers of books, this publication will mark an era in the art of printing in America.= _Only six hundred copies, bound in flexible Japan vellum, have been made and will be offered for sale at two dollars each, net. There are also twelve copies printed on Japan vellum throughout, which will be sold at five dollars each. Every copy is numbered and signed by Mr. Hubbard. The type has been distributed and no further edition will be printed._ THE ROYCROFT PRINTING SHOP, East Aurora, New York. THE PHILISTINE. Edited by H. P. TABER. THE ROYCROFT PRINTING SHOP, East Aurora, New York, Publishers. THE PHILISTINE is published monthly at $1 a year, 10 cents a single copy. Subscriptions may be left with newsdealers or sent direct to the publishers. The trade supplied by the AMERICAN NEWS COMPANY and its branches. Foreign agencies, BRENTANO’S, 37 Avenue de l’Opera, Paris; G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS, 24 Bedford street, Strand, London. Business communications should be addressed to THE PHILISTINE, East Aurora, New York. Matter intended for publication may be sent to the same address or to Box 6, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Subscriptions can begin with the current number only. A very limited quantity of back numbers can be supplied at 25 cents each. THE PHILISTINE and _Little Journeys_ will be sent to any address one year for $1. _Entered at the Postoffice at East Aurora, New York, for transmission as mail matter of the second class._ _COPYRIGHT, 1895, by H. P. Taber._ * * * * * =George P. Humphrey=, Old Books, Catalogues issued, 25 Exchange street, Rochester, N. Y. THE PHILISTINE. NO. 6. November, 1895. VOL. 1. A SONNET OF DESPAIR.