“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.
In America Mr. Guest is an extraordinarily popular writer of verses,
though this is his first introduction in book form to the British
public. He brims over with sound sense and tonic cheeriness. He
is keenly sensible of the humour of domestic life, but is deeply
sympathetic with the associations which combine in the word “Home.”
Hence he is read by women with amusement and pleasure. During the war
his poem, “Said the Workman to the Soldier,” circulated by the hundred
thousand. Like Béranger and all successful poets, he is essentially
lyrical; that is to say, there is tune and swing in all his verses.
RICHARD MIDDLETON’S WORKS
POEMS AND SONGS (_First Series_). By RICHARD MIDDLETON. Cloth, 5/- net.
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