, 1880-05-29
"songs of the Springtides -
Swlnburne's New Book
of Poems.
4 Famous Yictory-Tho Encyclopedia
Britannica magazines Re.
teiyed-Literary Notes.
Art Pub1ications-Art Notes-paok-
ards Book on Inseots-Soientiho
Register-scientiflo Notes.
" LITERATURE.

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SUMS ~, ~ tttE srstNa :'!,lst IlDEs.
II, Aise.no1 S'alles sS"'npuInc ~ tuhhs annnR
a.o nls' ~, " 5neI"hus i1oustn pocls' leh'
t1s Saoh' M no"s, @ "lu liz oTnnosmo ,ti.a "fo uao
a. snlse esa.7 w".gn ','..,, sn'.u nhe sums ~ ule
n.n,slae,S a., ~. " a.no'toAss W, Eaeush
pes,,,,, poss1 i'csasa'e. e. any, H. u u'eso .".ec'
t,,ota,t, o1 - VIZ a "' ,,,o % 'saly a.
snao''a.o ..a Nv .a.a.,.,. I'D t''o usVtnsu,
ss.u ,aa no .,,.,:n. ut' hN.., ~, ~ n"2 oseu !i
t.l,a s VII. III. wv. ~ p.,so .u'u poosls a1'u
..,ae ~ w." ~, 49, ~ a.,s, .,.
so;,,I.u g." nus !uo. o". Aomua a..' .,.tn aus' eo
sa"n.in,,,,. % :. rr,.s,n ~" po1,"s, ~. ~,,n. :,
st,r,,,a c,r,;.,. '7' ~ o,....a,n vi u y ot'ue'
,,ir!h,,.,, 49, ,,,.. 'o4us, 4I' ~
- A'"s", ..,.4 oo' 49, a. .'''' ,.a..s. "sv a.1 ~
Syo,tn.t,otnx s,,,.., ~, s..s. Mssns"s.om H.. y.
t,,SIn. '''.1. - IT, 1Aunos - paonE snI!e
.Thaeo eo o s"y ho, ao,, ~ yos
~ LII i,,p ~ ,o w.. ~ ~ s.'a,..,,", ;,
mu .u oo e .seI VI ~, ~ ~" .,istns
,nm,a W. s,'ao.s ~ .e ,.ar,s "o p"o'''s' 1'1 '''
'@%eo @ s.'ee.s -. y. .,e wols' ~,
the MeanjneIess Il consists opnorrntIv n
amd,oss :. ~ .rar ~
era1ly polyayllabic, and rivulcts Of ' iieas; M In
abruptrent,nr sentences, lacking rhvtl,m.
rl,r,,nn on,, otout n,or,,.,i,,,. th,t ..,e, ~
nro m % trua nootr gnnn sa di eoS ~
Tennyson, in tic last number Of t|,e Nine
tse1afi' cc'lsuru has apparently given It IBIS
toted to some extent tho example
~ H., ~. 1s....u.,. ,s.'n. s'' nv,
poetry Is to cIothe great iieas III such Words
Ms shall make them "sl,lna forth MS II they
upon @ h them. Se' W. y do not V want what tho 1H Pai
@ nlaas oazetse Gals "nyst'els @ pushed i, to the
his hest style Of the poetic art, and to be cx-
pectcd to bov down and Worship because a
great mai1 has written It. Heroes make mis-
,1. ,Aes G'en uo eouS ~ t''so "e.o 't"'.l",t'
uuEo' 1c!h5so'', alio o"lllpuf1le 'aIc WITH
ten verso that Will Do remembered with tho
hat tbat IL ] M rcaso % Sv ,hcy aHo,,1 'p o
deemed infalltblc, why tho mantle Of their
e hcr " WIFI 4oy eSak wrc S n'e th
that "all lteas nay be abolished oIt
Of poem without distnrblng its
erect upon the enr aS verse" 30 we TO not
Be- called "poetry," eyeli Willie wa cannot
Int fcei that the hnlolitton +" Of itleas las
greatly tletractetl from their value to an ull-
preiudlced reader.
lii these "Songs Of the SnringtIdc" there
Is some very picturesque writing, consitlera-
bio beauty Of description, md hearty, Wig
ornus treatment, rs there Is also n frequent
revival Of obsolete words. reckless nllltera-
for M unattaIneI eifccf. Tic tlgdtcation tS
+ Train,rnnv ia nn,nurr fin hnst thinrs in
fhe whine: ~ ''~''s' ~''o "~s' '''''''~s ''1
A scn,mcw m n acn- -ttno.s ,vr,at c1Jcb,,np.
As thn north sea-wind cnuuht ind Strained
and c,irscd
The rnye.l-ng,lrcd Ting TINT led mon fighting
: From field tn Rrpon Told nf tho w1ltcr- world,
Might ilnd such brief high fayor ut his hand
For wings iInbruc1 with brine, with .foAln Inn
pcarfcd, -
As these mr. songs rculltro at yours on land,