New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-25
POETRY.
NEW MINOR SONGS AND SOME RE-
PRINTED CLASSICS.

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IN THIS OUR WORLD BY Chd noston: Small
Stetson Duodecmo PIP. III Doe'''' ~
PERsEPHoNE AND OTHER Poems b by Maemils
Ian Company.
POEMS By Philip Becker S Soss pV co.. p'
MIMI dsIasa & Boston. TSST Este. sSTr IsuSa, A.
THE SLOPES OF HELlcoN, AND OTHER HER
FoEMs BY Lloyd MIMI E.e! .lSs' EasT,a Duo
THE CHORDS OF LIFE Poems: BY Charles "a.
Conn Printed for the Author
Hawe,n. ADJ pucdeclmo' PIP. n. r. II. Russell.
HINDER THE STARS AND OTHER VERSES; BY
MALICE 3 c RISs and W RaTTess Wians
THE WORKS OF GEoFFREY CiLAAUWSEES; o,i Si1S
Sl0Ss r, Es' aaan E Mafs fl H HiGsd
Cormck Octave. PIP w.. az. The Macmillan
Company. ~.
PARADISE LOST. A Poem in Twelve Books Boo Soi BY
John Milton with Sy 1os snd Illness
Sn tss Of English in PENNSYLVANIA College
octave. PIP xxi. 4S2. Harper Bros.
THE auSne ihe Two latin Eeges and Italian Son
pOda and the EP rs4 With Prefaes
Introduction and Notes BY AndreW !. SeG Snol
A. %Uss 6uod ef nns pp x1v s The
Macmillan Company
sTANzAs OF OMAR B. Hhn kese
Second ssu G Edition DuOdecmO. PIP. 49, Philadei-
pha: Henry T. Coates & Co; 400 p.,,.
cHIIDHOODs SONGS OF LONG AGO Being
Of the Divine and Moral w s9ns Pe Tu! Ss
RI Rev ba ,ssSe M M2s Square oeia1o pp g.
E. B. Herrick & Co.
ALowDEN SABBATH MORN BY Robert Louis us
octave pr. IA Charles scrlbner's Sons
THE COMPLETE POLITICAL WORKS OF OF u9 "a
PT ulM Mi' The whitaker E Ray Company
Mrs Coates dedicates her new volume to the
memory of Matthew Arnold. a poet whose
serene muse it is evident she is herself DESTROYS
of wooing Her work is not unworthy OF her
high IDEAL The numbers do not flow In liquid
cadence: there is, apparently, no very stirring
passion behind them and We miss the elasticity
which belongs to free unprecedented song;
but. on the other hand, the tender gravity OF
the thought, the sincere feeling with which II
Is iubued. and the smooth finished character Of
the workmanship, all contribute to the produc-
ton Of charming though chastened' erect
Mrs Coates is at her best in the following
stanzas: no
Peace! for the silver bugles play,
And the glad flies. with shriller souno
The drum beats fast and, far away,
Awakens JOY profound.
From dawn unto the setting sun
o heart my heart, the day is won
Break thou, and pay the COST.
The ethical didactic impulse is strong in Miss
Charlotte Perkins Stetson. dry, somewhat
grim humor keeps her from becoming turgid and
solemn 1t does not save her. we regret TO say
from lapses of taste. She looks to the life close
about her for much Of her material and Is
moved to satire and scorn by some OF the things
abe secs This is excellent. in a reformer; only
rhe has as SUCH more zeal than discretion she
includes in her volume singing addresses on re-
pcllent topics which might. perhaps. nave JUST
" received castigation in the pages OF a journal
Of caricature or reform but which ought never
TO be put into serious book Of poems except
by a master strong enough to submatc them
into something beautiful and impressive. When
she is not trying TO reform the woro MISS
s,etson is not without poetic merits. She has
wholesome optimistic outlook, and, II her lyrics
fall short Of music and beauty. at all events
thew have elements Of attractiveness, as wit
ness this:
1T is GOOD TO BE ALIVE.
II ;s good 10 be alive when the trees shine green
And the steep red hills stand up against '"e
sky ..o
drive by
1t is good to be alive when the strong "'no'
The strong. sweet winter blowing straightiy
off the sea; go ,. s
Great sea. green sea, with swinging ebo ana
1t is good to be alive and see the waves roll
free!
By whom would the reader suppose the roi-
lowing lines have been written?
chill grey day; black branches Of lean trees
Above with here and there tattered lear
Black lingering yet among the tufted poos
Which the bleak air stirs lightly as IL pio"s'
Over the low ebbed river heavily
Hangs the grey fog; just seen the spectral bridge
Carries its spectral traffic over-stream.
Or these?
Far behind us into the sea.
Into the heavng shimmering grey-green sea-
Hanging a momen: and suddenly disappearing,
Dips the hot red ball Of the flaming SUM-
They arc the work of Mr. Charles Camp Tarelli.
but one rubs his eyes and looks again to make
sure that he is reading this new poet. and not
Mr. William Ernest Henley. whose Irregular
rhythm pictorial. impressionistic touch. ana Gu
rious brooding note. are so Unexpectedly repro
duced The reproduction is doubtless uncon-
scious and we notice it simply because it indi-
Gates the technical point Of view from which
this poet has written his verses. The book Illus
trates MANY forms It's author has not only
caught Mr. Henley's facile trick, using the va
grant measure in several poems. but has essayed
the sonnet the ballade the rondeau, the trio
let the sestina and even the hexameter, wnlch
ne attacks courageously but Intellectually In the
poem of "Persephone," struggling against us
weight like Sisyphus wrestling with his stone
We cannot say that In any one OF these meas
ures does he move spontaneously. and as though
II were the natural vehicle for his emotion. he
is skilled, clever artistic In his aim. and occa-
sionally discloses imagination: but ne mas no
new IDEAS nor does he handle old themes with
new rover 1t is a little puzzling as one passes
from verse 10 verse to find that a writer Of so