From the day in 1916 that I reissued Hudson's
"Creen Mansions," I have tried from time to time
to get a hearing for half-forgotten and undeserv–
edly neglected works of an earlier time. Books by
Alexis de Tocqueville, Mrs. Frances Trollope,
E. M. Forster, Henry James, Walter de la Mare,
and Arthur Machen have been outstanding among
these. Ford Madox Ford's "Parade's End" is the
latest and one of the best. For "Parade's End," con–
sisting of the four novels "Some Do Not ... ," "No
More Parades," "A Man Could Stand Up-," and
"The Last Post," and now being published for the
first time as the author intended-together in one
volume-is a literary event of genuine importance.
Its publication has already been acclaimed by
such literary figures as Graham Creene, Lionel
Trilling, Lloyd Morris, Allan and Caroline Tate,
and William Carlos Williams, and it will be
acclaimed by many more.
864 pages, $5.00 wherever books are sold
ALFRED· A • KNOPF,
Publisher
