THE EDITING AND PUBLISHING of Georgian Poetry IV and V fol-
lowed the familiar pattern set up with the first three volumes.
In mid-April, 1919, Harold Monro sounded out Marsh on the
prospects of a fourth Georgian Poetry. Though the volume
was financially feasible, he reported--in fact, a number of
pre-publication orders had already been placed with the
Poetry Bookshop -- Monro expressed his customary doubts as
to whether the material at hand warranted a new volume. It
might be wise and discreet, he suggested, to allow a three-
year rather than a two-year interval between volumes. Marsh
did not agree. Though second thoughts were to assail him a
few months later, he decided in April to go ahead with his
fourth volume. Monro replied, only partly convinced, that he
was glad to hear the decision had been taken, but he was "as
usual . . . a little diffident about the material." ¹ Both editor
and publisher set to work, and by the end of September the
first proofs were in Marsh's hands. Monro set the price of the
new volume at six shillings per copy, almost double the 3/6
that Georgian Poetry I had cost and a small testimony to
postwar inflation. ²

The book was published on schedule in November and,
Monro wrote, had sold almost 6,000 copies by the second
week in December. "I'm not sure how much I like this popu-
larity!" he added. "I am sure that I think it the worst G.P.--
but that's in confidence. The second one set such a very high
standard." Monro was almost as unhappy with the reviews of
Georgian Poetry IV as he was with the volume itself, being

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