NEW DIRECTIONS
BOOKS
A FAMILY ROMANCE
by Elizabeth
Pollet is a psychological study of hidden
tensions within one family. With a lucid–
ity of perception which recalls Jane
Austen, Miss Pollet writes about the
Reynolds who live in a New England
farmhouse--and reveals the complex re–
lationships that exist among the father,
a composer, the semi-invalid mother,
two attractive young daughters and
their little brother. $2.50
AN EXAMINATION OF EZRA
POUND,
a symposium edited by Peter
Russell, is published in celebration of
Pound's 65th birthday. The contribu–
tors include: T. S. Eliot, Ernest Heming–
way, Edith Sitwell, Allen Tate, and
many other international literary fig–
ures who examine Pound's achievement
as poet, translator, prose writer, phil–
osopher and economist. $3.75.
A DIARY OF LOVE
by Maude Hut–
chins is a novel about a young girl's
emotional awakening. The experiences
of Mrs. Hutchins' heroine-Noel-sug–
gest THE PERILS OF PAULINE brought
up to Freudian date. This is a brittle,
frolicsome, sensual revelation of and tri–
bute to adolescence. $2.50.
THE LATER COLLECTED POEMS
of William Carlos Williams will contain
all of Dr. Williams' poems (except PAT–
ERSON) which were written during the
decade of The Forties. Williams won
The National Book Award for Poetry
in 1950. (His EARLIER COLLECTED
POEMS will be reissued in 1951.) Trade
Edition: $3.00. limited Edition (100
signed copies on special paper boxed):
$7.50.
THE TELEGRAPH
by Stendhal carries
on the adventures of Lucien Leuwen
which began in THE GREEN HUNTS–
MAN. Lucien leaves the army and be–
comes private secretary to a corrupt
minister in the government of Louis–
Philippe. The satiric portrait of Paris
society and politics is Stendhal in his
best vein. Each volume, $3.50.
NEW DIRECTIONS XII,
our annual
of divergent trends in contemporary
writing here and abroad, will again of–
fer a varied collection of exciting
poems, prose, plays and translations. It
will run to nearly 600 pages and be
published early in December. Reserve
your copy now. $5.00.
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