The sun., 1873-11-19

N0reAl, uor nov .rs fiIr.
We ar, not aware II any system Of pronunciA-
tIo watch warrants tins sort Of sylihi' eiu-
phlsi.. As poetic II ,cnse, II naH no qualify TO
recommend n.
from those remarks II Will be understood that
the merit Of Mr.. Howell-s verses does not lie
mostly In their melody. In these days the metre
II Evangeline Is too suggestive OF an imta-
tion Of L,nsfellow 10 give very great pleasure
70 the reader but 10 writer like our authori II
lords a conseuial free! ,m # diction, and he
adopt. 1t in the more ambitious poems which
the pre-, cnt volume contains. The first Of these
f. "The Pilots story" told on the dock of a
Mississippi steamer Que evening after
softly the SUNSET had faded, snd on the eastern
Hung Hsc tear IN The SKY, the beautiful star Of the
evening
II il the story of a savcholder who CANDLES
away a beautiful slave his wife aud the mother
Of his children ON the pas-ige from Cairo to
-. Louis.
White she stood and mute, TN he pat forth his hand to
Then shc turned and eaped-in midair nultered mo-
Down theu. uhirne, f,r. Ike brokeuNingcd bird
povn o on iae caei Who'll that caught her, and hurled
AnI IN he ioan.,ng ws,,r rlanscd her and hid her
forever.
Ia Louis I.ebeau'= Confession similar
poem, the treatment is more truly poetic, the
suLject Itself not beiu! pociich at all. Mr.
iiowsns -Nvis,s IA, ,i,,7t I. is,i, ,ts 7em-v
OF humor which l. 40 picasinzly characteTi-t.' Il
his prose. Many Of them are peryaded by a
spirit of loneliness and sadness, suggested IA
such stanzas as these:
Toe .rycrn chords ot the psao tfembl,d
l.itf'ls, Inc .iitnce ~ ihs room d. -euled
The cioscs u the SONGS tnat me had suag
rough midn s,t tire, ta Ae follow cd aeeuns Visions
,0i iis T. ~ M oi M ~ ,,,.,. a', ,,i i,ri.,,,.
Auud ga. ,.bs aud cries II niinisht storms.
From rapid carriage. she CLEANED upon him.
Fron ail thf h6peiu.G ss Of search she won hiu.
B.cS O. the dllI anu lontsIu 4 llse at lis 10
/ Meditative and aesthetic rather than passion
ate and emotional Mr Howells may naturally
/ seek most success IN descriptive aud lma-ina-
! tive uHc.ry. Tine following lines are poraap. too
| ,itldi, real tic. They are entitled, " Dead 80
Something lies 80 the room
over sgainst mi owni
I.c vlndnW- arc 10 wilb ehstu! olVom
va'rin'nei sSd al iaaro
! iE the shas,ly silence there!
People 20 by the door,
| r1toc, holding their breath,
Iesl they should Ni,en death,
That If asake Alnisnt
| There IN the candle h.ht.
| The cat upon the stars
| Watches Vita himy eye
| For hc sleepy one VII shan uuaNaTot
| hho sottly, softly purr-,
And claws at the banlsicrs.
| The hrd from ont IT. dream
| Pruak4 with sudden song,
| Thst stnbs tho sense IKE -uid'n s,tesn.
| Iac hound the Whole ui -nt lVaS
| Hogts t. the tuOVults- th,,
| 30 far, aud starry and h!.n
"Saiut Christopher" the best poem ia th'
volume, Is too long forquutation. We believe n
wa originally published in the ItllItic MJHHil
aud widely copied. We ought, however to civ,
one specimen Of Mr.. Howel-'s lighter muse
She hung the cage at tho WINDOW
II he goes by,' rhe -alf,
"Hc NilholrmY robin suclns,
Aud when hc hfts his Acad,
shan be sit ing here 20 NV
Aud he WIN bow TO me, / snow
The robin sang a loye-sN Get song,
The young man raised hl- head;
Tue maiden turned away gul 1ushed.
81 am fool" sue saii.
And went on brodcring IN silk,
| pak-eyod rabbit, Nllte is milk.
The young man oitcred slowly
| liY the hOufC three times fhAt tlY
| She took hcr bird from the win Tow
| lie heed nos illh this way
| She sat ather piano long,
| And sighed and PLAY ed death sad SONS.
But when the DAY wac done. she said.
! 81 Wish that hc wOnld cOnc'
| kcmcn her, Mary it ne Gals
loIuEht-In not lt home
so when lac rang, thc wcut-tle Ell j.
| She vent aud lCt INN m herr'u