Penny Dreadfuls, 1923 · page 8 of 116
The Taking of Helen by John Masefield — page 8: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This is a **title/advertisement page** listing works by author John Masefield. The page presents a catalog of approximately 27 titles by Masefield, including poetry collections, plays, and narrative works such as *Gallipoli*, *King Cole*, *The Dream*, *Salt-Water Poems and Ballads*, and *The Everlasting Mercy and the Widow in the Bye Street*. The works span poetry, drama, and what appear to be longer narrative pieces, presented in a simple typographic format within a double-ruled border. This type of page typically appeared in Victorian publications to advertise an author's backlist to readers.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
By JOHN MASEFIELD GALLIPOLI Kine CousE THe DREAM Ricot Royvau THE FAITHFUL Lost ENDEAVOR SELECTED POEMS A MarInsaIL Havu CaPpTAIN MARGARET MELLONEY HOLTSPUR THE DAFFODIL FIELDS THe Oup Front LINE ESTHER AND BERENICE MULTITUDE AND SOLITUDE THE WAR AND THE FUTURE ENSLAVED AND OTHER POEMS COLLECTED PoEMS AND PLAYS Goop Fripay AND OTHER POEMS SALT-WaATER PoEMS AND BALLADS PHILIP THE KING AND OTHER POEMS Tut TRAGEDY OF POMPEY THE GREAT LOLLINGDON Downs AND OTHER POEMS THE TRAGEDY OF NAN AND OTHER PLAYS REYNARD THE Fox, oR THE GHost HratH RUN THe Story or a Rounp-Hovuse anp OTHER PoEMs THE LocKED CHEST AND THE SwEEpPs OF NINETY- Iitesuy THE EVERLASTING MERCY AND THE WIDOW IN THE BYE STREET (CO) ei 6)(6)(0) cs) (EO)