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April 16, 1927 WINNETKA TALK 25 LECTURES ON SHELLEY Noted Critic, Dean of Birmingham U. Faculty, Gives Talk on English Poet at Northwestern Whatever one may think of the his- tory of Shelley, it is remarkable to note that progress since his day has been along lines he suggested. This Ernest de Selincourt, M. A., D. Litt, eminent authority on English literature of the romantic period, told an audience Thursday evening at Har- ris hall, Northwestern university. Prof. de Selincourt since 1909 has been in the department of English lan- guage and literature at the University of Birmingham and dean of the faculty since 1919. He has been actively con- nected with the universities of Wales, London, Durham, Edinburgh and Bris- tol, the Dulwich college and the Uni- versity College, Oxford. He is in America giving a series of discourses at the University of Michigan. He has recently published a facsimile of Keats' "Hyperion" autograph manu- script with introduction and texual notes, and Wordsworth's prelude, ed- ited from original manuscripts. He has contributed many criticisms on ro- mantic period literature which have been hailed as valuable lights on the | period. Shelley, Prof. Selincourt places in the same position as a writer of poetry as Shakespeare is placed as a writer of dramatic verse. Of Shelley he said: "In a perfect state of felicity there can be no art. Sorrow, pain and despair as experienced by him are what help make his poems divine. He was a true artist and genuine in his career as poet. His work expresses the ecstasy of in- tense passion of the heroic couplet which he has strikingly mastered. The easy flow of words in the most natural prose order any artist has ever written is Shelley's achievement. Others may | parody his thoughts and ideals, but no one has or possibly ever will hé able to parody his style. "With all his thought expressed as naturally, originally and normally as he would write them in prose, he is a complete master of poetry in the style which he used. Rarely will one find a word in his poetry that he would not use in prose. Always eloquent, he was, in his expression, and an easy master of any style of poetry which he chose to write." The speaker appeared here through arrangements made by the English de- partment of the university. He talked to a crowded hall. PIERCE-ARROW 1s pleased to announce substantial Price Reductions on the Most Popular Serzes 8o Models Now 5-Passenger Brougham a reduction of $500! 2495 The Runabout Now 2,495 a reduction of $400! Also new low prices on 5-passenger Standard Sedan and 4-passenger Coupe. All prices at Buffalo -- tax extra Liberal Easy Payments