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ting to a serious lover of poetry."--_The Scotsman._ Canvas, Gilt, 2s. 6d. net. #A MAN OF LEISURE# (PLAY). "Rich in touches of poetic feeling and with witty and humorous sayings."--_Glasgow Herald._ Buckram, Gilt, 2s. 6d. net. #BURNS'S PASSIONATE PILGRIMAGE.# (A few copies left of large paper edition, price 5s. net.) "Well worth writing and is well written."--_The Times._ Cloth, Gilt, 2s. 6d. net. #SONNETS OF SWEET SORROW.# "They carry with them something heroic and tonic."--_Glasgow Herald._ Fcap. 8vo. 1/4-Canvas, Gilt, 2s. net. Paper 1s. net. #THE SANITY OF ART: An Exposure of the current nonsense about artists being degenerate.# By G. BERNARD SHAW. "A scathing indictment of Max Nordau's 'Degeneration.' Mr. Shaw's book should prove wholesome reading for the section of cranks who, like Nordau, shower abuse upon everything that departs from conventional standards."--_The Daily Mail._ "We confess that the perusal of so adroit an exercise in special pleading is thoroughly calculated to give pleasure to all admirers of ready wit and swift, felicitous phrasing ... packed with good argument, admirably employed and wielded."--_The Daily Telegraph._ "Quite a remarkable feat of literary fencing.... The 'Exposure' itself is not only valuable as a compendium of Shawesque first principles in philosophy and ethics, but also as a workable survey of the Arts."--_M.A.P._ Royal 8vo. 1s. net. #THE G.B.S. PERPETUAL CALENDAR.# Made to hang on the wall. Contains quotations from the works of G. BERNARD SHAW for every day in the year. "This stimulating Calendar...."--_T.P.'s Weekly._ "The selection has been admirably done."--_The Daily News._ "If you are tired of the Bible and Shakespeare you may nail up the G.B.S. Calendar ... and when you read the texts you never know whether you are on head or heels. On April 19 we shall pick off the phrase 'If a great man could make us understand him we should hang him.' And we won't hang Shaw."--_The Daily Chronicle._ Crown 8vo. Stiff wrappers, 1s. net. #THE ENDOWMENT OF MOTHERHOOD.# By Dr. M. D. EDER. In this book an analysis is made of the present social conditions from the medical side. A consideration that it is desirable to encourage the production of healthy children, and to repress the
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