The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-02-20

managed In three years to save, n cheap copy OF
Byron. and \ bundle of manuscript poems with
the significant title "A Goddess Universe"
The story OF her journey to London is told with
intense realism and wonderful descriptive
power. We seem to see the bloated porter
drinking pair Of women In one corner Of the
dingy, third class railway carriage. and to
hear the whispering OF the two horrible
night birds. who rouse her from u doze with
brutal frankness, God. she's uglier awake
than asleep" and the reply. 80 much the bet
ter for her." She reaches London, and then, op-
pressed by the fog. the gloom. and asense of utter
loneliness, recognizes the hopeless folly of her
quest and takes the return train to Edinburgh.
She goes home. burns her poems, and. accepting
the inevitable. marries n gawkish. il-con-
ditloned young tradesnan and settles down,
presumably for the rest Of hor life. ITO suckle
fools and chronicle SMALL beer" II 70 = weirdiy
fascinating and at the samo time q rcpellant
thome. this hopclessness OF the revolt OF the
commonplace woman. and II Is one that MIR.
Davidson has exploited In several OF his poems;
thereby calling forth some good-natured chaff
from . recent irrevorent p%arodist;
And 10! I brand you on the brow
As kin to natures lowest germ;
You are sister to the micrebc now
And second cousin to the worm.
All these sketches show tho workman
ship OF q skilled hand. aud contain passages
OF singular beauty. while the last number,
The Interregnum In Fairyland." is n pleas
ant relief after all the realism that has pre-
cedcd 1t. In this charming piece of pure poetic
fancy we follow the adventures Of II forlorn
little girl. who wanders of from her homo in a
noisy London street In search OF that part OF
Epping Forest where the fairies are. and where
all tho beasts can talk. How she iuis the
tair,es and ..cane. from the vickcd .neban,er
vho we'll. In en-. b,art of IN. wood. 1, told by
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