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! concreteness and make them opposite. In most
other recent volumes the devotion to the muse OF
hower and field is constant ana more
I copous and in some cases 1t quite MIS- up the
book Everywhere II has been productive Oh
some good work. the s5nsitveness to natural
beauty squirting the writer's 10 their pest en-
beavers Mr. Glider Is FEVER happier than Oh
this side Of his art. tactful and sympathetic az
he has been in personal tributes Ike those 10
Paderewski and Duse. solemn as has peeh MS
eloauence in the stern quatralns OF MS Mo'S
! Triumphalis" Throughout his Five Books OF
Song" (1rhc Century Company. in which All his
verse from 1875 to the present year has peeh as
sembled his frmesi and mos spontaneous lyrics
: are i'm celebration of those optical experiences
! under the open sky which In a poets life take on
richer light The "Prel,Ide' to this volume re-
/ veals the artists eve guided by poetic intui-
ton and from this to 90 the .ast poems mere
| printed "Rose-dark the Solemn Sunset. there
arc maintained the fidelity. the insight ana the
/ warmth of emotion which tell OF temperament
/ responsive when the voice OF nature speahS
Sometimes IL is the pastoral mood IN which MI
Glider finds his impetus. in the spirited
| .Rhyme Of Tyrngham." Often hr chooses the
| more pens.ve chord OF AN Autumn Dirge. or
! takes that brave leap toward grandeur OF con
cention which may be instanced by the little
/ niece
figure Of the latter poem borrows no slight quail
ties Of scale and dignity from the sweep OF 'h+
J mighty cataract that babe the writer's pen to
move No matter what his key may be- the
sincerity Of Mr. elders verse IL conspicuous
! With its Jealous workmanship and earnest feel
ing this thoughtful volume has an integrity
which can never be too cordially recognized in
venture Of verse
Irti, pf
/ Beautiful and Poems GO. p. Putnam's Sons'
confirms tho sense Of Aorid and somewhat un
/ trained taste which his previous volumes have
given In these latest verses he ESSAYS as oe-
fore A strain Of realism. There arc lines. as IN
some Of the stanzas Of The Rad. where ne
has achieved some clever effects. But this very
poem is spoiled by the inclusion OF Tag WIZ"
moorshiners and their cartors when hee'''"S
tho human interest at the expense ~ pure!
natural charm With much Of this charm IN
decd we cannot credit his verse. He shows no
close ACQUAINTANCE with Nature. and littl" real
feeling for her. Lines Ike these speak OF inRp''
and PEN and not II Hill and wood:
Yea evn the mad maraudins WIND
/ Who whipped his wild steeds east aho W'"''
| Whose whiriwind wheels rolled down and dinned
Along the booming forests crest
/ Lies dead upon his mountains. where
! HIS sister Breezes beat the breast
| Signing through their mistaken hair.
This untaned poet Of the West l. overfond of
/ rhetoric and a certain bigness ~ "pith'' ana
! phrase which he mistakes for the sun!'innN
: which belongs to true poetic horizons 1t l. the
same with Mr.. Robert Burns wilson. whose
: Chant Of Woodland Spirit O. T. Putnam
Sons, might otherwise deserve is sub-ti'l" II An
interpretation" There ere more words than
! '';errors' in this salutaton to boreas'
On glorious Is the wind.
a.,
! Ana wakes the north'and trumpet with n,a'
! That drives the flying SHOWS across the worih
And piles the white NAMED seas In crystai praNs'
Which echo back the terrors oi MS Noi''-
In the Songs 81 the Common Day dong
mans Green e. Coz which Mr.. Charles q j. Rob
e-ts has published the Canadian poet moves win
tho sure rbythmic tread Of his own "Sower. ana
Won keep him company through the few pages OF
his last thin volume with unbroken step ana IN
diminishing sympathy. The three grace'u anu
eager stanzas which serve as Introduction 10 inc
hook are no less complete and workinan'ike 'hah
the ave- written for the centenary Of Shelleys
birth and printed last
The only rival which Mr.. Robertss AVE.
finds among lately published memorial verses
| ia "Lincoln's Grave" (Stone and KmbalD. by
Mr. Maurice Thompson. an elegy sonorous and
severe with the dash Of generous defiance In II
that is not out OF tune with the rugged nature
Of the man It celebrates 1t is rather mechanical
/ In movement but the dignity ana directness OF
the work must command respect. Another COM
! memorative volume. but commemorative In
quite different way. Is that which Mrs. Louise
| Chandler Moulton publishes under the title OF
! Arthur O'Shaughnessy: His Life and His work
with Selections from HE Poems" (Stone & Kim
BALI II gives the first formal introduction 10 the
American public OF a poet whose death at the
ICad
some stir in literary London. generous est
mate Of his powers Is set forth in Mrs. Moultons
loyal and charming preface-an estimate In which
! we cannot altogether agree. He has subtle ca
dence in some OF his morbid songs. and the
grace OF a truly poetic instinct is shed upon
them. The Cypress is a mournfully haunting
little lyric and the Celtic fancy. which seems
to have been deep ingrained In this poets DISPOSE
ton is employed to interesting effect in the weird
and smoothly written though rather spun out
"BscaveIet." But II does not appear that the
compass Of his Tyre very wide or that he
struck from 1t chords of rich and lofty import.
A minor poet he remains, clever and individual
In the "macabre' tendencies he illustrated. but
a minor poet just the same.
From the English Parnassus there come to us
in these days. indeed, few II any major min
strels The one author who deserves with reser-
vations) this title Is from across the west
ern side Of ST. Georges Channel. The volume OF
Selections from the Poems Of Aubrey De We're
macmillan e. Coz which Professor G. +. Wood
berry has edited. contains some Of the best pro-
ductions Of an 1rishman who has. unlike the
late Mr.. OShaughnessy. wide outlook and
profound philosophy. So immanent is that phil
osophy. much part OF his poetic creed are
the ethics from which he would not wander II
he could. that in reading some OF his shorter
poems such as those Of 'Tassos House at Sor-
rento" and THE Renaissance and Savonarola.
one begins to see and little to resent. the
churchman's habit beneath the singers robes