New-York tribune., 1886-03-21
THE LATEST FROM PARrHENON HEIGHTS

THE LATEST From PARTHENON HEIGHTS.
When Rogers, Rogers of ParthenOn Heights
and Pan-Electric Depths, made his debut
rs a poet he was greeted by the thirty y-elght
States and nine Territories with large
quantity of oud apnlauselp The coun-
try numbered at the time among her bards good
many ladies and gentlemen who as walkers to
ecstacy of the living Tyre undoubtedly excelled
Rogers in several particulars. But he eclpsed them
all, so the country decided on the first ballot IN
abandon and in the skill with which he caused his
eyes to roll in wild frenzy as he contemplated
certain phases of contempOraneous Democratic
statesmanship Mr.. Stedman has expressed the
ounon that this s the twilight of the poets but 1t
has never been pretended that he included Rogers
in his criticism.
In these circumstances Rogers is seen standing
iocund on the misty mountain top OF ParthenOh
Heights bearing n paper parcel in his hand. Ii Is
his second volume Of poems; bound III gray with
neat border in black the flexible cover, engaging
vgnettes and dadoes on the pages. generous supply
of foot notes and prose appendix" dearest what
would'st thou have moreW In his preface Mr.
Rogers conveys the interesting information that the
appearance of the work is due to a suggestion made
bv The tribune One penslve OctOber-and pos
sibly unguarded-day of last year we casually re-
marked to Rogers "Now's your time to write an
each of the Gs, Garland, GOode and Grover.'
Pursuant to the above SUGGESTION writes Rogers,
:" commence herewith a series of satrcs and com
meuL them to the dying Ncr- York Times and the
'nendacious, Neir- York POg' To say that there
is more truth than poetry in Rocerss characteriza-
tion of our contemporaries is 10 mention the doml-
mating popularity of the entire work-ltS POETRY IS
not so striking its truth and regarded purely as
a work of art it contains nothing rs able as the
rhyme of IL. @. G. Lamar with "marner
which was the chcf d of his first volume. An
other feature of this second work which IS oil
marked interest is the proof which 1t affords that
Rogers respects the Autocrats injunction, " Don't
he consistent" He dedicated his poems of last year
to Garland as a man so pure, SO patriotic 50 wise,
So conservative, 81 learned lie strikes very
different chord this time when he touches upon Gar
land lie arralgns him rs an amazing bluudcrer
and compares him to the greatest wisest, meancst
of mankind with the emphasis evidently on
"meanest' And 30 in his initial work he referred
to MI Cleveland as whose name was gong to
be left for the coming side by side with JUS
tinian and Edward l." Now, however this poet, tins
intimate Of Garlands, who boasts that he Is an
old fashioned Jackson Democrat paints the Presi-
dent in these colors:
Great Washington, behold yon Tweed, like IKE face
And say Is this the thing to take your place.
As for Lamar. who in the former volume was
eulOgiZed as
Forever bright with Jackson and Lee"
he is now summarily disposed of as one who has
" affiliated with the great Mug-wump.'
Owing to bad case of pressure on our columns
we can only quote ono other gem from the volume
The gem is contained in the appendix and IS in
these words: Carland's last iOunder IN stating to
a reporter that he had paid for his stock IS
scarcely deserving of notice for the whole world
knows that he perer PAID It cIut for IT, The italics.
like everything else in the work, belong to Rogers
the Pan-Elcctric poet-laureate. +. S.-Irunk-iners
desiring copies Of the work address the author
at ParthenOn Heights.