haracterization, but he shows also a knowledge of technique and a
marked ability in the creating of suspense.

"Never have the tragedies of everyday life been presented in dramatic
form more truthfully or more poignantly."--_The Dial._

"The conspicuous merits of the play consist in its perfect naturalness,
its progressive interest, the consistency, variety, and vitality of its
personalities, the deep emotional interest, of situations arising out of
contrasted character, and the easy action of its hidden machinery. This
work puts Mr. Ervine in the first rank of living dramatists. It may be
commended confidently to all discerning readers on its literary merits.
In the theatre it would be irresistible, if a competent cast could be
found for it"--_The Nation._

Four Irish Plays

_Cloth, 12mo., $1.00_

The plays are "Mixed Marriage," "The Magnanimous Lover," "The Critics,"
and "The Orangeman," first produced in 1911, 1912, 1913 and 1914,
respectively, the first three at the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, and "The
Orangeman" at the Palace Theatre, Maidstone.

"Establishes the author in the front rank of the realistic dramatists of
the Irish Theatre.... As a veracious study of life and character among
Irish working classes ... it is superior to anything written by Synge,
Yeats, or Shaw.... The piece, in its realism, earnest purpose, and
dramatic force, is worthy of John Galsworthy, and has the additional
merit of being almost entirely free from anything like special pleading.
Never prolix or oratorical, the compact and homely dialogue is full of
shrewd observation and sage comments, pertinent to the contributory
causes of a conel private and public tragedy.... The play is as able as
it is significant, one well worthy of the boards of a National
Theatre."--_The Nation_ (Commenting on "Mixed Marriage," the first of
these plays.)

Alice and a Family

_Cloth, 12 mo., $1.25_

"Alice is a sharp witted, sensible child of the London streets. ... She
looks after a family that has lost its director, the mother, while the
father has been thrown out of the work he knows by an accident.... It is
a lower level of life than Dickens explored, that of the London laboring
man; it is handled as sympathetically and as vividly as Dickens might
have and with no trace of the false sentimentality that afflicted him at
times.... Alice is a child to be loved and admired and not to be
forgotten soon. It is a capital story and a fine piece