New-York tribune., 1896-12-06
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the latter. but he has been foregathering with
Mr. Richard Hovey in the compilation OF More
Songs from Vagabondia" and the book will do
him harm 1t contains one or two good thihgs'
.In y COM OF browning" and The Sea Gypsy"
but these canno; make up for the puerility and
bad taste which distinguish the book as whole
Similarly. Mr.. Robert Loveman's lapscs int"
cleverness cannot do away with the fact that
mos, of the work in his Poems is pure tinkle.
and nothing else: nor can the casual merits Of
Mr. c. f.. D. Phelps inspire much confidence in
his Echoes from the Mountain when he begins
the book by observing that
The Mount ParnasSus
For all the choir
or dryad breed.
Shades Of the great god Pan.
That elusive deity Is pursued with ardor by
Mr. Madison Cawein In The Garden Of
Dreams" but II is only few months since
volume by this gentleman inspired the
conviction that he was writing too much
and his latest publication only makes that
conviction deeper Mr.. Caweins vocabulary
Is running ava! with him. witness The
Winter Moon" and many similar essays at
verbal landscape painting. He is missing the
sentiment in his pride Of words. Miss Emily
Huntington Miller Is gentle and suave in From
Avalon and Other POEMS" but neither she nor
Miss Irene Putnam in Songs Without Answer"
nor Mr. Hewetson In The Strike and Other
Poems" nor Mr.. Aylsworth in Song and Fa-
be." demands more than the baldest mention.
OF transations. new editions Of classics and
anthoogies there is small group to be record
ed Mrs Stafford has made an interesting VOL
ume out Of the Poems" of Johanna Ambrosius
providing n smooth and tolerably adequate Eng
sh dress for work which has true poetic emotion
and sentiment and is made the more attractive
by the curious conditions under which it has
been cultivated The career OF the popular peas
ant woman Of Germany has been traversed at
length in this journal and need not be discussed
again here. The Bohemian Legends and Other
Poems OF Mr. f. II. Kopta is the work Of very
minor poet, but his own rhymes and his transia-
tions are all dedicated to picturesque romantic
legend and the book is valuable as giving an
idea OF the general trend OF Bohemian verse The
complete edition Of Burns edited by Mr.. Rob-
ertson Is well edited and is printed on thin India
paper. which permits the volume to be con-
venient. and Is yet not SO transparent as to make
the reading trial for the eyes. Mr. Georges
Select Poems of Robert Burns" is compiled
with good judgment. the notes are useful and
'"c 'a"u'o''u'e vi TIE pooh Is satisfactory. The
"Appedore Edition" OF Miss Thaxter's poems ia
handsomely made, and supplies a want giving
In compact form body of verse which in It's
modest key holds Its own unshaken. Songs of
the South" is OF doubtful value There Is much
In 1t that is worthless. 1t will be valued, how
ever. as poetical map In a devotional vein,
Through Love to Light" edited by j. W. and
a. Fl. Chadwick. and Five Minutes: Daily
Readings OF Poetry" edited by II. l.. s. Lear.
may be signalized. Loves Demesne: A Gar
land OF Contemporary Love POEMS" is an an
thology which Mr.. Ellwanger has edited with
admirable discretion and has had printed In two
gift bool