Lyrical and Dramatic Poems BY W. B. YEATS _In two volumes; each, $1.75 net_ The two-volume edition of the Irish poet's works includes everything he has done in verse up to the present time. The first volume contains his lyrics; the second includes all of his five dramas in verse: "The Countess Cathleen," "The Land of Heart's Desire," "The King's Threshold," "On Baile's Strand," and "The Shadowy Waters." William Butler Yeats stands among the few men to be reckoned with in modern poetry, especially of a dramatic character. The _New York Sun_, for example, refers to him as "an important factor in English literature," and continues:-- "'Cathleen ni Hoolihan' is a perfect piece of artistic work, poetic and wonderfully dramatic to read, and, we should imagine, far more dramatic in the acting. Maeterlinck has never done anything so true or effective as this short prose drama of Mr. Yeats's. There is not a superfluous word in the play and no word that does not tell. It must be dangerous to represent it in Ireland, for it is an Irish Marseillaise.... In 'The Hour Glass' a noble and poetic idea is carried out effectively, while 'A Pot of Broth' is merely a dramatized humorous anecdote. But 'Cathleen ni Hoolihan' stirs the blood, and in itself establishes Mr. Yeats's reputation for good." The _New York Herald_ remarks:-- "Mr. Yeats is probably the most important as well as the most widely known of the men concerned directly in the so-called Celtic renaissance. More than this, he stands among the few men to be reckoned with in modern poetry." _PUBLISHED BY_ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64-66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK A History of English Poetry BY W. J. COURTHOPE, C.B., D.Litt., LL.D. Late Professor of Poetry in the University of Oxford _Cloth, 8vo, $3.25 net per volume_ VOLUME I. The Middle Ages--Influence of the Roman Empire--The Encyclopædic Education of the Church--The Feudal System. VOLUME II. The Renaissance and the Reformation--Influence of the Court and the Universities. VOLUME III. English Poetry in the Seventeenth Century--Decadent Influence of the Feudal Monarchy--Growth of the National Genius. VOLUME IV. Development and Decline of the Poetic Drama--Influence of the Court and the People. VOLUME V. The Constitutional Compromise of the Eighteenth Century--Effects of the Classical Renaissance--Its Zenith and Decline--The Early Romantic Renaissance. * * * "It is his privilege to have made a contribution of great value and signal importance to the history of English Literature."--_Pall Mall Gazette._ _PUBLISHED BY_ THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 64-66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK