The author, recently of the staff of Winthrop Ames, has learned his subjects thoroughly during ten years' experience in many theatrical capacities. Many of these subjects are here treated for the first time in a book, and most of the others for the first time in their American aspect. His style is clear and vivid. There are many and unusual illustrations and a full index. Large 12mo. 400 pp. $2.25 net. Richard Burton's BERNARD SHAW: THE MAN AND THE MASK Shaw is shown as revealed in his plays, which are all considered in chronological order with dates of first performances, etc. There are separate chapters on him as social thinker, poet-mystic, and theater craftsman, and a concluding one on his place in the modern drama. The author is a member of The National Institute, and a former President of The Drama League of America and very widely and favorably known, both as lecturer and writer. With index 305 pp. $1.60 net. Constance D'Arcy Mackay's THE FOREST PRINCESS, etc. A much needed book of masques by a noted producer and author. The other masques are _The Gift of Time_ and another _Masque of Christmas_, _A Masque of Conservation_, _The Masque of Pomona_, _The Sun Goddess_ (Old Japan). There are also chapters on _The Revival of the Masque_, _Masque Costumes_, and _Masque Music_. 181 pp. $1.35 net. Louise Burleigh and Edward Hale Bierstadt's PUNISHMENT Probably the most significant American prison play so far written, but first of all a human drama, not devoid of humor. Ex-Warden Osborne of Sing Sing says "It rings true," and Edith Wynne Matthison declares it "one of the most engrossing plays I have ever read." Four acts. 127 pp. $1.00 net. Percival Wilde's CONFESSIONAL and Other American Plays Includes also _According to Darwin_, a grim irony in two scenes. _The Beautiful Story_ (Santa Claus), and two joyous playlets, _The Villain in the Piece_ and _A Question of Morality_. _The Independent_ finds them "Well worth reading ... the treatment is fresh and sincere." 173 pp. $1.25 net. HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK SIXTH EDITION, ENLARGED AND WITH PORTRAITS HALE'S DRAMATISTS OF TO-DAY ROSTAND, HAUPTMANN, SUDERMANN, PINERO, SHAW, PHILLIPS, MAETERLINCK By PROF. EDWARD EVERETT HALE, JR., of Union College. With gilt top, $1.60 net. Since this work first appeared in 1905, Maeterlinck's SISTER BEATRICE, THE BLUE BIRD and MARY MAGDALENE, Rostand's CHANTECLER and Pinero's MID-CHANNEL and THE THUNDERBOLT--among the notable plays by some of Dr. Hale's dramatists--have been acted here. Discussions of them are added to this new edition, as are considerations of Bernard Shaw's and Stephen Phillips' latest plays. The author's papers on Hauptmann and Sudermann, with slight additions, with his "Note on Standards of Criticism," "Our Idea of Tragedy," and an appendix of all the plays of each author, with dates of their first performance or publication, complete the volume.