New-York tribune., 1896-12-06
POETRY.
NEW VOLUMES OF MINOR VERSE. WITH
TRANSLATIONS. ANTHOLOGIES AND
OTHER PUBLICATIONS.

LYRICS OF LowLY LEE. BY Pau Laurence
dunbar With an Introduction by " D. How
ellis. Duodecimo, PIP POS. Dodd. Mead 90
A CIILDwORLD BY James w, Whicomn ,,aIr, KiIry
Company
THE QUILTING BEE AND OTHER RHYMES, - By
John Iangdon Hel,on. Duodecimo PIP i'' fTe'-
erick A. Stokes Company.
UNDER QUICKEN BOUGHs; BY Nora Hopper.
Octave PIP. Isl George II. Richmond co
NEW BALLADS. ny John Davidson. Dnodccino.
pp. 1ls. John Lane.
IN THE DORIAN MOOD BY Victor Plarr. octave.
PIP. IL George IL. Richmond co
QUIET ROAD s,a% hy ze'v Mi,o MS0d"SF'' 4 o Reese
SONGS OF EMILE By Herbert Bates. Duodcc.mo.
pp g. Boston. Copeland Day.
A WINTER SWALLOW AND oTHEK VERsE.
By Edith NJ Thomas. octave. pp. II" 'hAr.cs
Scribncrs Sons
George II Richmond x GO.
A CYCLE or sONNETS Edited hy Mabel LocmlS
Todd Octave. ID q Boston: Roberts brothers.
THE POEMS OF II. e. HUMMER. oc,avo. pp- 2'3
Charles Scrbner's Sons.
THE AcRORATIC MUSE. Nv Il X. Munkii-ick
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BEAUX AND RELIES BY Arthur Grlssom Dno-
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PoslEs OUT OF RINGS And OTHER cQN-
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Boston. 'Op'ldNb i'N
POEMS By Robert Iovcman. Octave. pp. lvl.
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TIE STRIKE AND OTHER POEMS ~ q u.
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POEMS BY JOHANNA AMBROSIrS. Translaicd
by Mary J. Stafford. Octavo PIP. 2i' Boston:
Roberts Brothers.
BY r p. Koptn. Octave PIP. l@. william X
THE PoETIcAL WORKS OF ROBERT BI,RNs
Edited by J. l.. Robertson. Octave. PIP So Henry
SELECT POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS Arranged seo
BY andrew J. GGgrss Iqra,b r. 90" a. octave P'
THE POEMS OF CELIA TIiAXTER ApPlrdoire ,,ioi.
Edition. octave. PIP. 212 lioughton. Mit!lin
& Co.
SONGS OF THE sorTH. Collected by Jennie
Thornley, Clarke. with an Introduction by Joei
J. B I.ppincott Company
Songs OF Good Courage Made by John W.
CHADWICK and Annie H. Chadwick Duodccimo'
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FIVE MINUTES: DAILY READINGS OF 20
ETRY Selected by II. l.. sydney Lear Duo
decimo PIP 3s Thomas Whitaker.
LOVES DEMESNE. A Garland OF Contemporary
Lo,c-Porms. Gathered from Many Sources BN
George II. Ellwanger. In two volumes. Duo
decimo PIP. 23i. 2S5. Dodd. Mead CO.
One significant proof that the eulogium pro-
nounced by Mr. Howells upon the poems of MIR.
Paul Dunbar Is deserved lies in the fact that Tn"
'Lyrics of Lowly Life" assume Immediately the
foremost place among recent books Of verge. 1t
speaks eloauenty for n poet OF dialect n poet Of
the humblest themes most unaffectedly handled.
that he lifts himself above the choir of cultured
singers with whom he is so strongly contrasted.
The explanation would seem to be that whereas
most minor poets sing because they want to.
Mr. Dunbar sings because the music wells up
spontaneously from his heart. waking to life at
the smallest touch Of concrete experience. 1t is
a solid foundation upon which this music Of his
rests a basis which means sympathy for COM
mon things observation Of little human deeds
and impulses. Thus, II he is often poetically ef-
fective in what Mr. Howels calls his literary
English" writing such a lyric as that one begin
ming Bird Of my ladys bower which follows
the style OF hundred English poets. he Is still
more poetical, still oftener effective. In the art
less pictures Of negro life which he draws from
a profound identification Of his spirit with the
spirit OF his race. from his loving study Of IA
miliar types and scenes.