The New York herald., 1877-01-21

To her scarlet lips che holds him.
Aud kisses lin many u time--
All mo! II he that won her.
Because he dared " climb
.Lataka'' Ii another Of the same Sort conveying an
idea OF luxurious surroundings aud painting charming
picture moro Keeping with this season OF the year
than is former. ''ln Ateler reminds one little
oi Owen Merdeth though not SO heavy with the odor
OF tuberoscs that poets verses usually are. WIN
all his daint,ness there 1rmness OF stroke about
Mr. Aldrch's work which shows shat he is not oniy
man Of genus but careful worker, and although his
verses al first glance read as though they had boen
'.dashed on' in the way imagine poets write, but
winch they never do second reading shows tho hand
Of the careful I'M shcr His gems well polIshed no
part them LEFT In tho rough Here 's very nice
little poem called "Dest,ny":-
Three roses wan as moonlight aud weighed down,
Zach with its lovcliness as with . crown,
Dropped in q florists window in u town
The first n lover bought 1t lay at rest,
Like Hover flower, that night, on Beautys breast
The second rose, original aud fair,
Sank IN the tangles OF u harots HAIR.
The third, "a widow, with new grief made wild.
Shut IN Tho ICY palm Ut hcr dead child.
In very different ia the poem called "An Old
CASTLE" In which the poet asks:-
Where those
Who in steel or hose,
Held revc here and made them gay?
Where Is the laughter
That shook the ruiter.--
..Across the Street." "Rencontre'' and "An I'm.
timely Thought among the most pleasing OF the
poems In this charming collection.
"rnAr NEW WORLD"
s.That New World" &C., by Mra Piatt james X.
Osgood l. Coz. is q volume that we lay down with
sigh, not sigh OF relief, but sigh that any ono
should have experienced all the hcartache necessary
to have produced such poema They are beautiful.
original delicate and tender, and In certain frames OF
mind on could have no agreeable companion
than this little volume. But, II MIR. Howells Will allow
us there is morbIness abou, them that one cannot
always enjoy. OF the poems short enough to quote
the following is u fair sample OF MrsPatts style u
is called ''Asking for Tears:''-
on, lot come TO Thee in this wild way
Fierce with vrief that will not sleep, ~ pray
Oi all Thy creatures, Father, only one,
Alter which may say-rhy VIII be done
Nay fear not TO make my time too sweet;
nurse u sorrow-kiss its hands and feet;
Call IT all pit-ous, precious names, and try,
Awake ut night to hush lis helpless cry.
Tho sand is my moaning lip, the glare
or the uplifted desert hlls the air;
My eyes blind aud burning, and the years
stretch on before ne, therefore give me tears.
.sHer Cross aud Nine" ''Comort by CoAin,"
"Lsdy Franklin, and 'No Help among the best
Mrs Piatt desc ves high rank among poets for,
while she is versatile as some, she has more Of
the genuine poetic FIRE than many OF the more famous
SIDNEY LAxIfa's poRMs.
In the "poems, by Sidney Lanier u. b. Lippincott
Co J. we 1nd much ~ praise and much to criticse. Mr.
anier has great deal OF poetic feeling, which, how
ever 1t seems u.s. has never been properly trained
Hc is a man OF taient-wo cannot say genius really
meant ing the full force OF that word; still he Is un
questonably poe. He dawncd upon us unheralded
as a writer in Lippincot's His first poem that ut
trac,ed marked attention 'Corn the first IN this
volume Miss Cushmnu, II we are rightly informed,
or Nr LINN @
a man Of genius and one who bound to win an Ell.
yiable name: and this volume Of his poems Is very
appropriately dedicated TO the dead actress Perhaps
the best Of Mr.. Lanier's poems Is the symphony"
from which we make short quotation--
Thcn SURFING and demurting ceased ana LOT
Every least ripple OF the strings song dow
Died TO a level with each level bow,
And made great chord tranquil surfaced SO,
As brook beneath his curvlng bank doth 70
To lingcr IN The sacred dark and green.
Where many boughs the still pool ovcrlean,
And many leaves made shallow with tneir sheen
But presently
A velvet n ute note fell down pleasantly
Upon the bosom OF that harmony,
And sailcd aud sailed necessarily,
AS If petal from a Wild rose blown
Had futercd down upon that pool OF tone,
And boatwise uropped o. the convex side,
And noatei down the classy tide,
And clarified and giOricd
Tue solemn spaces whore the shadows bide.
From the warm concavc oi that luted note
Somewhat, halt soug, hall odor, forth did 1oxt
As IL rose might somehow be \ throat
II Mr. Lanier is conteat to work and wait he will
acquire a more desirable tano than BY seizip pc the
muse by tho wings
"a BOOK PogMA"
"A Book oi Poems, ~ by John W. Chadwick (Roborts
Bros has failed to impress us favoraoiy. MIR. Chad
wicks rhyme is often impng and his subjects trivial
His style Is very his metre sing song
IL Is hard say which is the best whom ali ord-
nary There Is pious vein running through the vol.
un,e that will recommend II to some rcaders If Mr.
John W. Chadwick Is young inan there 10 horc Tor
| him IL ho is not his case is hopeless
s'vASITy vERsgs"
.svauty ycrscs IT, b. Patterson) the title OF little
volume OF society verses which has just MADE It's ap
pcarapcc The great trouble with these Is that
they are 100 erky To be the style is jcrky but
they are even more jerky than the style. They are
composed principally OF dashes and exclamation
points. This Is very bad:--
We were promcnading here up and down,
Among the idlcrs, Nell and
NV face agIow with the JOY ieit
in her presence u sailor passing Oy
| with shells for salc--must have my looks
| Shouted to me--he stopped US, TOO
| ..SbelIs of the ocean, the deep blue seal
| Buy one, sir, 1or your sweetheart; dol
The italics are tho authors ''Teaching Billiards. Is
better than "On the Piazza from which latter the iore
going extract Is taken.
The above is by n California poet known In print az
"Caiiban but whose real namc Is Hector A. stuart
MAT Zoan we are told, sequel TO "Ben Neoo" The
scene is laid on the OF Borneo and the sketches
OF Manners customs. scenery, &C., arc strictly cor
roct c ,s<ottc hmm amployedv