New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-26

taken most of the pieces from authors OF the present
day and has not confined himself to great hau''S'
Browning Tennvson, Emerson, Lowell, Longic'o"'
whittier Matthew Arnold. Wordsworth h,'ES''N'
Swinburnc Clough, Stednan, Holmes anu H,""s
others whose fame is made, are TrpreSehto" IN
along with humber companions; and AMONG an
the selections wo find nothing common
Mr.. Randolph's little volume comprises reprint
of a collection published twenty years ago, u"u''
the title Hopefully Waiting together win INC
LATER nroduct of his muse which in quantity apou'
EQUALS his first book, All his themes are Ie'Eo"''
and he sings Of Christian nope anu i'l.h III wv
accents of calm aud unaffected pety' anu wiz" an
EASY flow of simple bat dignihed verse; "i' -.
hornc's Bundle of Sonnets and other loe"s
also liGious in purpose but 1t has not INC uo'o,
tional spirit of Mr.. Randolphs simpler Nci9', "r
tbe authors readings after the profound ana the
intellectual are not fortunate. At times nc see'n'
TO he saving something with considerable elaoora-
ton but after noatng for while pctwetn 'Ho
vague and the obvious realize that MS lines are
not the result of any process which can he calleu
Thought What he has produced is not poetry IL IS
a metrrcal mirage in literary dcsert--Mr. LORD
privatelv printed Book OF Verses has pieas'n8
air of modcsty and refinement. lie has talent lor
expression aad his sentiment if not deep Is Wu"'e
some We can discern no high IMAGINATION III ni'
work but it is neatly finished, and the dainty ''.o
h,ol, will olive Measure to those for whom 1t Is
iotended The associations OF n beautiful ana
legend haunted country inspired some OF Tue inos'
attractive OF the mild meditalvc verses Wii'h MI
Thayer publishes under the title OF o"heS Vi
Sleepv Hollow and Other Poems fen'ctN
habit and some literary aptitude serve him instead
of a poetical fancy-Of the other volumes on our
list" Amerira" etc. by Henry Hamilton, Inc
skeleto, and the Rose" by Henry Frank ana
aImmortallty." bv W. g. Barlow-it is enough 10
saw that they are mistakes.
The publishers of Tho bunting Ban resent WIN
srir a sta cement that the thrifty and n'ohR'h Poo'o
rho ccessfuly guessed tue secret OF its authorship
were compelled to take iu books Their ahaFeS VI 'lo
tamous ~ 900 we cave them" say MeSsrs' fuhK "
VocuaIIs the outiou of takn2 books at discount Ut
cash The fact is that nine tenths OF the amount ""
Doil in cash and tho other tenth was rot p"u III o"'
only because the guessers preferred BOOKS We "'n
beyond the letter Of O'iT offer. By our oHcr INC money
WIS TO be raid when 10000 copies were sou lcn
ueo,d corcs we're not sod-Only 5000 were dsposeu
If We were under Obligation to pay the money now
We would have been perfectly fair had we reiuS'' u i
tribute the money until the ten thonsandth copy LA"
beeu DISPOSED ~. which might not nave ueeh oi w.
months mr. more perhaps never" In the course OF TINS
russsipg match about 80 authors were hameu anu 'o
publishers believe that the experiment proves that there
49,, mn, pacy ueope who able to determine from h-
t.rpal evidence the authorship OF book Ihis "oulu
| uerhaps be iudsputahc if II could be SHOWN tla' 'l
those persons best Grcd to judge that intern o'
acuce had read the The right name, IL Is H"u
-, ma, hore rccn given so often had not Ms. story
" nv tne author OF The Bunting Ball been placed III
! cautiously In TIC hands OF newspaper Syhuic"c.
The lnanuscrnt was in the weli-knoWn LahdwrnE %
the author This, of course gave Away inc secret AZ
result from single estabsln cut, as may De seon ~
tho printed list with p. O. addressts) OF 'no9o 'C
rs
op,s in from another twelve and from many others
one two three each. Prior to the secret thus leaking
ont only comparatively few persons had guessed COT
! rectly."