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Modern English Prose First Series
Author: Guy Boas

MODERN ENGLISH PROSE FIRST SERIES Selected and Edited by GUY BOAS, M. A. Headmaster of Sloans School, formerly Senior English Master, St. Pauls School MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTINS STREET, LONDON 1947 cur Y Kivjn First Edition 1933 Reprinted 1935, 1936 twice, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1945, I, .. 947 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE... more » compiler wishes to acknowledge his indebted ness to the following, who have kindly given per mission for the use of the copyright material contained in this volume Professor Lascelles Abercrombie and Messrs. Martin Seeker, Ltd., for Macbeth from The Idea of Great Poetry Messrs. George Allen Unwin, Ltd., for Lord Cantilupes Political Faith . fr om A Modern Symposium, by G. Lowes Dickinson Mr. Hilaire Belloc for the extract from his Napoleon Messrs. Ernest Benn, Ltd., for The Ghost-Ship from The Ghost-Ship and Other Stories, by Richard Middleton Sir William Beveridge and Messrs. George Allen Unwin, Ltd., for Remedy ing World Finance from The World s Economic Crisis Mr. Edmund Blunden and Messrs. Cobden-Sanderson, Ltd., for The Storm from Undertones of War Messrs. Ghatto Windus for Gladstone from Eminent Victorians, by Lytton Strachey Mr. G. K. Chesterton and Messrs. Methuen Co., Ltd., for A Piece of Chalk from Tremendous Trifles the Clarendon Press for The Gentle Shakespeare from Shakespeares England, by Sir Walter Raleigh Mrs. Glutton-Brock and Messrs. Constable Co., for The Purpose of Education from The Ultimate Belief, by Arthur Glutton-Brock Dr. A. J. Cronin and Messrs. Victor Gollancz, Ltd., for The Bridge from Hatters Castle the Executors of John Gals worthy and Messrs. William Heinemann, Ltd., for ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Last Meal from The Stoic Mr. H. Granville-Barker and Messrs. Sidgwick Jackson, Ltd., for Caesars Funeral from Prefaces to Shakespeare Mr. Philip Guedalla and Messrs. Hodder Stoughton, Ltd., for The Duke of Wellington from The Duke Mr. Francis Hackett and Messrs. Jonathan Cape, Ltd., for The Sack of Rome from Henry VIII Sir James Jeans and the Cambridge University Press for The Future of the Earth from The Universe around Us Professor G. M. Trevelyan and Messrs. Longmans Green Co., Ltd., for Walking from Clio, a Muse, and other Essays Mr. A. G. Macdonell for The Village Cricket Match from England, their England Mr. W. B. Maxwell and Messrs, Hutchinson Co., Ltd., for In Charge from Like Shadows on the Wall Mr. Desmond Mac Car thy and Messrs. Hutchinson Co., Ltd., for Lord Ox rd and Asquith from The Life of Lord Oxford and Asquith, by J. A. Spender and C. Asquith Mr. M. Alderton Pink and Messrs. Ernest Benn, Ltd., for Style 5 from If the Blind Lead Mr. J. B. Priestley and Messrs. William Heinemann, Ltd., for The Tea Shop from Angel Pavement Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch and the Cambridge University Press for The World of Dickens from Charles Dickens and Other Victorians Dr. Esme Wingfield-Stratford and Messrs. George Routledge Sons, Ltd., for The Patriotism of Britain from A History of British Civilisation The Hon. V. Sackville-West for Innovations in Poetry from Some Tendencies of Modern Poetry Dr. Somer ville and Messrs. Longmans, Green Co., Ltd., for At the Rivers Edge from Strqyawqys, by E. E. Somerville and Martin Ross Mr. J. A. Spender and Messrs. Cassell Co., Ltd., for War Guilt from Life, Journalism, and Politics the Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill and Messrs. Thornton Butterworth for Lenin from The Aftermath Viscountess Rhondda vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS for The Lusitania from This was My World Mr. James Stephens for The Farm from The Demi-Gods Mr. Hugh Walpole for The Great Exhibi tion from The Fortress and the Executors of the late Mary Webb and Messrs. Jonathan Gape, Ltd., for The Baiting from Precious Bane. Vll INTRODUCTION A SELECTION from the prose writers of a given period is more informative and intimate than a selection from the poets...

ISBN-13: 9781406738087
ISBN-10: 1406738085
Publication Date: 3/15/2007
Pages: 276
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Publisher: Mysore. Press
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