Chapter I: Front Matter

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TRICKS OF THE TRADE

_WORKS BY J. C. SQUIRE_

THE GOLD TREE
TWELVE POEMS
THE THREE HILLS
And Other Poems
THE SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST
And Other Poems
IMAGINARY SPEECHES
STEPS TO PARNASSUS

THE COLLECTED POEMS OF
JAMES ELROY FLECKER
(Edited with an Introduction)

TRICKS OF THE
TRADE

BY

J. C. SQUIRE

LONDON
MARTIN SECKER
NUMBER FIVE JOHN STREET
ADELPHI

TO ROBERT LYND

THESE FINAL ESSAYS IN A NOT
WHOLLY ADMIRABLE ART

CONTENTS

HOW THEY DO IT

PAGE

1. +MR. H. BELLOC, I+ 3

+MR. H. BELLOC, II+ 5

2. +MR. W. H. DAVIES, I+ 10

+MR. W. H. DAVIES, II+ 11

3. +SIR H. NEWBOLT+ 12

4. +MR. JOHN MASEFIELD+ 14

5. +MR. G. K. CHESTERTON+ 26

6. +CANON H. D. RAWNSLEY+ 27

7. +NUMEROUS CELTS+ 28

8. +THE WRITERS OF FOLK-SONGS+ 30

9. +MR. H. G. WELLS+ 32

10. +MR. G. BERNARD SHAW+ 39

HOW THEY WOULD HAVE DONE IT

1. +IF WORDSWORTH HAD WRITTEN “THE
EVERLASTING MERCY”+ 49

2. +IF SWINBURNE HAD WRITTEN “THE
LAY OF HORATIUS”+ 51

3. +IF MR. MASEFIELD HAD WRITTEN
“CASABIANCA”+ 53

4. +IF ALMOST ANY ELIZABETHAN HAD
WRITTEN “SHE DWELT AMONG THE
UNTRODDEN WAYS”+ 57

5. +IF POPE HAD WRITTEN “BREAK, BREAK,
BREAK”+ 59

6. +IF GRAY HAD WRITTEN “SPOON RIVER
ANTHOLOGY”+ 61

7. +IF A VERY NEW POET HAD WRITTEN
“THE LOTUS-EATERS”+ 65

8. +IF HENRY JAMES HAD WRITTEN THE
CHURCH CATECHISM+ 68

9. +IF LORD BYRON HAD WRITTEN “THE
PASSING OF ARTHUR”+ 71

10. +IF SIR RABINDRANATH TAGORE HAD
WRITTEN “LITTLE DROPS OF WATER”+ 78

HOW THEY DO IT

No. 1. MR. H. BELLOC