St. Paul daily globe., 1896-04-19

pions lyrical poems Is edited by Mr..
Ernest Rhys and prefaced with an ac-
count of what is known Of his life and
some consideration Of his work. The
little volume, which is very daintily
printed and bound, contains more than
a hundred and fifty poems, both grave
and gay, but chiefly Of the latter sort,
in pure lyric strain. The poet with
whom he inevitably suggests compar-
ison is Herrick, and while he has not
always the airy grace and distinction
which are Herrick's charm, his lyric
note is perhaps still more evenly sus-
tanned. The sentiment Of his love-
poems Is Of the graceful and not very
spiritual sort characteristic of his era,
but his graver poems, while quite as
graceful, are more original in their
treatment Of the subject-matter We
append specimen, published in "Ros-
seter's Book Of Ayres," 1901:
Though You Are Yoong."
Though you are yoong and 1 am olde
Ihough your vaines hot, and my bloude colde,
Though youth is fresh and age is drie,
Yet embers live, when flowers do die.
''The tender graft is easily broke,
But who shall shake the sturdie Oake?
You are more fresh and fair than I,
Yet stubs doe live when flowers doe die
''Thou that thy youth doest vainely boast,
Know buds are soonest nipt with frost;
Think that thy fortune still doth erie
Thou fool, tomorrow thou must die!"
(''The Lyrical Poems of Thomas Campion. 4"
edited by Ernest Rhys. New York. Mac
milan & Co. 81. For sale by the St. Paul
Book and Stationery companyD
In his own proper field Of endeavor
Mr.. w. H. Mallock is a star of the
first magnitude. AS a writer upon
social and sociological topics, for
keenness, good sense and brilliancy. he
is unequaled. In such a mixture of
mimicry and meditation as ''The New
Republic" his cleverness is quite ter
rifying. He has pyrotechnical abil-
ity which is apparently unlimited, and
his command Of his readers admira-
ton is almost equally great When,
however, he leaves the consideration
Of more or less abstract topics and
turns his attention to writing novels
which embody the conviction that to
Keep the seventh commandment is be-
meath the consideration. Of thinking
people, he loses his logic, his penetra-
ton, his brilliancy at one fell stroke
1Ho OSCoileS dS ueaQ ana Ouil as q
Mexican opal that has been dropped in
basin Of water. This would seem to
prove that Mr.. Mallock's abilities re-
fuse to be enlisted in a bad cause. in
spite Of his endeavors to force them
to its defense. ''The Heart of Life" is
book of the kind indicated, and it is
far more dull than it Is wicked, al
though the authors callous indiffer-
ence to the ethical ideals essential to
the salvation Of the race is, in its
negative way, as evil a thing as lit
erature has produced of late AS, in
the present condition Of public taste,
this fact alone would not make the
book failure, it is fortunate that it's
prolixity and stupidity will speedily
insure its relegation to obscurity.
CThe Heart of Life," by w. H Mallock.
New York. G. P. Putnam's Sons. so cents)
"The Rule of the Turk and the Ar
menian Crisis" is a small but i'm
portant volume. It is written. by F,
D. Greene, qualified by birth, residence
and travel in Turkey to treat of the
situation hes alseasses. The volume
contains lotEon4y certified evidence Of
various massacres, but. a discussion of
the chronic condition Of Armenia and