of remarkable craftsmanship."

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HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

By GEORGE MIDDLETON

THE ROAD TOGETHER

A powerful four-act drama of American life. $1.20 net. (Just published.)

POSSESSION

With THE GROOVE, THE BLACK TIE, A GOOD WOMAN, CIRCLES, and THE UNBORN.
One-act American Plays. $1.35 net.

_New York Times_: "... Mr. Middleton's outlook on life, his
conceptions of the relations of men and women to each other and
to society is a fine one, generous and tolerant, but not
sentimental.... No one else is doing his kind of work and his
books should not be missed by readers looking for a striking
presentation of the stuff that life is made of."

EMBERS

With THE FAILURES, THE GARGOYLE, IN HIS HOUSE, MADONNA and THE MAN
MASTERFUL. One-act American Plays. $1.35 net.

PROF. WILLIAM LYON PHELPS, _of Yale_: "The plays are admirable;
the conversations have the true style of human speech, and show
first-rate economy of words, every syllable advancing the plot.
The little dramas are full of cerebration, and I shall recommend
them in my public lectures."

TRADITION

With ON BAIL, MOTHERS, WAITING, THEIR WIFE, and THE CHEAT OF PITY. One-act
American Plays. $1.35 net.

CLAYTON HAMILTON, in _The Bookman_: "Admirable in technique;
soundly constructed and written in natural and lucid dialogue.
He reveals at every point the aptness of the practiced
playwright. It is most impressive that Mr. Middleton has
successfully broken ground, as a pioneer among us, in the
general cause of the composition of the one-act play."

NOWADAYS

A three-act comedy of American life. $1.20 net.

_The Nation_: "Without a shock or a thrill in it, but steadily
interesting and entirely human. All the characters are depicted
with fidelity and consistency; the dialogue is good and the plot
logical."

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HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

NOTEWORTHY RECENT DRAMA BOOKS

Arthur Edwin Krows' PLAY PRODUCTION IN AMERICA

A book on The Theater, both "backstage" and "the front of the house." We
follow a play from its acceptance for a big theater to its last nights in
rural "stock."

The author, recently of the staff of Winthrop Ames, has learned his
subjects tho