New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-10


book Of containing great many little gfms IL
~Exoties: Attempts DOResfieate Them" published
by j. T. OsgUoj Co. To this title snsulaly
unfortunate. when read the ttlepage no thought &C.
Cured 10 Iae but that semboanca treatise on
the culture exotic plants On turning the leaves
however found that IL volume If ransdtiOns un
usually well DONE and from q large variety of sources
The translaors who modesty give TO the world only
their initials, the Rev James Freeman Clarke and
hrs daughter Miss Lillian Clarke. The largest part of the
work Mr. Clarke's own; bat Some fifteen little songs
very gracefully rendered by hs daughter The che'
fault find is with tie arraB Of the volume
No indication of the author is given in connection with
the poems and, TO find ont who yiRing in the
original you must each time tu back to the table Of
contents But the qHaiat ltle poems charming
enoagheven though they should appear faiheless and
Iaotheresstle orphan children OF song Will give Yen
hw specimens Of them. Here is
LOVERS ECONOMY.
While writing for my love, looked up from the
And there seod rose in haste and overturned the
"How careless to put ont the light" she SAM. :" Is it
Ianswerrd. that quenehed my lamp when saw the
arisnyP'
And here Is a little lament which Hene made once over
spnAe lost sweetheart:
Is that time forgotten its memory gone
when thy heart mine, and mine alone,
That LeaTt so false. thH heart 50 sweet!
Eascr aud sweeter could never meet
And hast thou forgotten the love and the woe
That my heart l. il long aep
II the love were greater, or great,r the woe
Both were 50 great--I can newer know.
Heiae's, too, is this:
CHANGE OF SEASONS
Az Seasons TO seek
Where tion NY dear one, one AIT
Cold Winter IN the heart
But all thing. change: and SO, ny love,
These seasons shall depart:
The " Winter 20 thy check sii;il move;
The summer, 10 thy heart
Geibei-a name very familiar think, to most Of
ns-wrvte these dainty little lines entitled
BIaDGEs AND WINGS.
Each song -rud tnee II Il bridge,
A golden bridge, by which my love
To thee, sweet child comes
And all my dreams have anqclw wings,
Made mp of sniies and -ishing
Lighter than air, On which my love
To thee, dear De3rt, comes ~ ing.
Some Of the tendercst in the volume from
RHGksrt I will only give you specimen Of them:
WEIR wENIG sJCHT, DER FINDEr VEL.
Only shelter Tor my head sought,
One stormy winter night;
Making the whole world bright.
How shall thank thee for a gilt 80 sweet,
o dearest Heavenly Friend
sought "a resting place for weary feet,
And round my journeys end
Only the latchet OF q friendly door
Ny tim,d fingers tried;
loving heart, Win all its precious store,
Ia-ked for shelter from a passing shower
Ny shall always shine
would have sat beside Tia. hearth an hour
Aud the whole heart mine.
Mr.. Clarke plslaces the book with admirable LITTLE
the difficulties and acquisitions OF translation;
and very pretty his four lines, which you will
find upcn the pa ge ordinarily devoted to dedcaion
These p0r'ns, visitors fson other clin.os,
Between whose homes and ralls,
Have their Language, meier rhythIn, rhymes;
But-iei iope-they have mt changed their souls.
J. r. 0sgood a Co have olso ready :" One sumner q
novel by a yeang woman-a book OF not mich literary
Importance but which ncyelreading young will
like.
much better novel, and indeed, very good one, IL
"Jetatrice; or The Ven withdrawn" hy Madame Au-
gustus Craven, author of Sisters Story" FIeurange
and several other good novels Estes LauTiat have
"JetIatries" In hand IL is extremely interesting
tale, and Of purity and nobility without being
hs esst bt preohy yet enforces most strong lesson
II the sancty VI marriage and the power which steady