VARIETY
mit myself to realize fully that I
was witness to a tragedy.
This is a painful account to give
of so springlike a nature. To con–
fine myself thus to the last act of
his drama is like forgetting the
rose-field and thinking only of the
autumn frost for which it is always
unprepared. This man loved beau–
ty with rare devotion. One of the
most gifted correspondents ever ac–
credited to our cultural front, he
has left behind an authentic rec–
ord of our worst-reported war; his
very errors, as typical of his school,
will interest the historian, and cer–
tain of his pages are good enough
for any reader. His clearer-headed
successors in the advance-guard will
do well to beware excessive self-
~~~~~
A
master poet's
major work
TRANSPORT
TO SUMMER
by
Wallace Stevens
This is Stevens's first new full–
length book in five years. It in–
cludes many poems never before
published, as well as the contents
of two limited editions:
Esthe–
tique du Mal
and the remarkable
philosophical poem,
Notes to–
ward a Supreme Fiction.
$2.50
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$3.00
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JUST PUILISHIO
"little debauch in the
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for the author of
The ABC of Aes–
thetics
writes. provocatively and
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values of poetry, prose, and
painting.
His new book
is
filled with the
fresh interpretations of a rebel–
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with the warmth of a rich person–
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years of experience and appre–
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