New-York tribune., 1886-04-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

eHF GLAssE OF TINE Dvinely Handled by THOMAS
rhhr9S, q incolnes lnne Gent. 1emo'' pp' l".
John II. Alden.
1t has been known for many years that this poem,
the two parts of which were published In London
In 1920 and 1923 respectively, furnished scme
tugges tions for "Paradse Lost" or at least must
have been read by Milton before his great work
was written. In $50 few points of resemblance
between the two poems were pointed out lby Mrs
L. f. Du Bosl in The No,th american Rerie,c. The
only known copy of " The Glasse of Time " mas In
tie British Museum, and the present reprint Is
from transcript of that unique copy. 1t Is inter
es,ng to trace the origins of any masterwork Ike
"Paradise Lost TO know the books with when
the poet must have been familiar while his concep-
tiOns were shaping themselves, and from WHICH ne
nav have carried away unconscious "reminiscences
That he took much moro than these slight lhhu-
ences from peyton can hardly be affirmed. The sinl-
larity of subject unimportant. Various writer's
before Mltonhad made of tie scripture story OF
the fall of man. and the Netherland poet Joos'
van den Vondel. Mr.. Gosse has recently shown
furnished Milton some rich suggestions In his poem
OF Lucifer.' Inquiry into such points IS curious.
bnt il does not affect the greatness of Paradise
Lost or even its originality. Whatever Milton
took he made his Peyton to tell the truth had
little t. give His narrative and didactlc exercise
IN rhvmed pentameters which exhibits in the first
age"
The sacred Sabbath. Satans enviOus gall.
The Woman fram'd, and mans most di-mal fall
dscourses q in the second age" of a world filled
with blood OPPRESSION cruelty, and hate; utters the
ollCwing apostrophe to Caiu:
An cnrsed Csinc the scourge of all thy race,
Now thou hast got blacke and murder ing face
For God above I'm justcei hath ordaind
Thy o1snring all shonld to this day he stained
Unto the grief and terror of their sonIes
For laying iiabel in cold dusty moulds.
No other cause the world could ever tell,
TO ma ie them locke as If they came from He'll;
--wauders into polemcal anu other disputatohs
and breaks of unfinished with the deluge wherein
the world was wasn't away and drown'd this
mc,rcal exercise is much more apt for spiritual
Improvement than for poetlcal inspiration. 1t has
q strong religious spirit which was a common
enough virtue in that time bnt its piety is not often
mingled with visions of the beautiful, and its rude
versifca,ion was almost archaic even in l62o. In
estimating PeytOn it is fair to remember that he was
contemporary of WOtton. Carew, HerricK, Suck
ling and Harrington, all of whom had carried the
melody, grace and polish of English verse very far
beyond his utmost reach. But the fact that The
Glasse of Time near pershing that all
know ledge of it lost until the present century,
when @ single copy accidentally brought to
light. is proof enough that its merit Is not remark
able Since the invention ofprinting books which
contain principle of life do not disappear.
VICE IL THE HORSE, and Other Papers on Horses
and III ling. BY EpwAHD L. ANDERSON. 8vO., pp.
G7. Edinburgh: David Douglas
Although this handsome little book appears with
foreign imprint. the author is an American, we'll
known in this country by previous writings upon
horsemanship the merits of which have been recog
nized in columns In the nine short papers
here collected he earnestly maintains, as he has
done before, the Importance of the school sys-
TEN 4" of trimming, both for horse and rider and be
enforces the exhortatiou with many clear practical
lessons and some very striking illustrative cases.
Writing principally for England. where it is too
often suppo sed that the only way of riding. or
learning 20 ride. is to ride to hounds, he is some
times earnestly polemical, and his remarks upon
the faults of English horsemanshp are vigorous.
His instructions. however equally useful for
oil countries