'Advice to a Young Poet' is an English translation, first published on the centenary of the author's birth in 1967, of Max Jacob's posthumous 'Conseils a un jeune poete'. This was Jacob's last major statement on poetry, the culmination of a lifetime's reflection on and practice of the art. This book makes his great personal as well as literary influence on many poets and writers easier to understand. The translator, John Adlard, supplies an introduction which is a valuable contribution to the understanding of Jacob. The book is completed by a deeply personal preface from the pen of Edmond...