The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-02

Yet Mr.. Beach has used the sonnet form
not by any means without skill and poetic
feeling. His Swallow Flights voice for
the most part the questionings above al
luded to. OF these '"The Cloud is a fair
example:
Thou feetipg speck of white that farest still
Wind-driven thru the sky nor wilt abide
Thy mote Of % shadow low ike ike a t ghost Of, Of ill., ill.,
Thy phantom fight impalpable doth fill
My heart with longing evernlore denied,
The old enigmas evernlcre divide
My powers of thought, and paralyze the will.
Thou holdest in thy bosom with the rain
But with The rain thou wilt not give it birth
The secret Of all being; for with mirth
Either thou farest blithe for some demesne
Where dream felcities forever last
EOr. HELPLESS, thou driven with the blast.
The other sonlets are in more closely
related series bearing the titles "The
World of Pessimist'' "In the Forest of
Arden and "Disillusion." In the Forest
Of Arden series is this:
II have been shown a sacred naystery.
And as with strong wine it has made bold.
Bold to defend. svhateer may fade away
The perma nence Of love For has not God,
Beloved struck the spark In me. his clod
Flashed you for light upon the higher way?
For I-hare seen beauty it were vain
Waste feeble words in limning: and tho firm
In trust, God still will succor With his rain,
!. Never eye. . Hhall faits lin IN any future @ term
The beauty of a naked human soul.
| 1t is not fair however. to Judge all Of
MIR. Beach's sonnets by these two which
faultiest. They give, tho. some idea of
what one may expect to find between the
covers of his little book.
| The exhibit of the original drawings by
illustrators. being held this week in the
book section of the Powers Mercantile
companys store, is proving an attracti
| to booklovers. The exhibit is an excel
| lent one including fine work by such art
| lists as Howard Chandler Christy. T. DE
| Thulstrup. b. West Clinedinst and others
of like note. OF Mr.. Christys work that
illustrating Under the Rose" and that
| to go with Riley's "An Old Sweetheart of
Mine are alone well worth a visit to the
| exhibit to see. Mr.. Clinednst's picture
illustrating THE One Woman will inter-
est many.
OF special local interest are five original
dra wings by Ruth M. Iiallock for Stony
Lonesome the book by Arthur ]. Russell
"The Nonpariel Man which is being
awaited with eager interest.
Space will not permit mention here OF
more of the drawings shown Suffice it tc
say that they are many and good. and thai
the innovation here of such an exhibit is
one that should be encouraged by bookisl1
! people.
! The two stories for boys by Rev w. w
Hooper, entitled Phil Sidney and "Jin
I Dexter are written to stimulate the high
4 est type of 1lanliness IN boys. The first
Phil Sidney, which gives the title to the
book. shows the value to a. boy of havns
a definite objective in life toward which
al <,1c.~ 1Ao-
i is one which will strongly appeal to the
j best that is in the boy nature. Jim Dex
/ ter" is no less suggestive of the power ai1c
i pleasure of right living. The author ha:
! a good knowledge of boy nature and Ii.
knows how to interest the young fellows
! The series Of volumes prepared by Pro
/ fessor Fleming of Princeton university
entitled How to Study SI1akspere, is wor
thy of all comnle1,dation to students O
i the deathless genius of slnakspere. In TIL,
/ present volume. the student will find
! most helpful guide to proper understand
ing OF Much Ado About Nothing An
tony and Cleopatra. King John eth,
i Writers Tale. and Loves Iabors Lost
Professor Fleming introduces the stud,
/ of each play by explaining the sources o
the plot. the Italian or other tales tl
which it is based and showing Shakspere
variations from the original; he then give,
scenes in which each character appea is
and the number Of lines spoken by eacl
lcharacter is given. The questions on eacl
play stimulate to close reading and study
/ The studies are admirable for Shaksper.
/ clubs There Is q key to pronunciation
4 and a list of hooks for collat teral reading
i Impertlnent Poems, dedicated to whom
4 ever may like them. are chiefly i1,nI,erti
nent. as the author says, in pre- imper
Thence. for being called poems The.
are clever verses. however. rather pith,
aud rather witty and there are not enough
Of them to frighten one away. A fair sam
i pie of the poetry and point to them i
found i'll this, from How Did You Die?'
DID you tackle that trouble that came your wa,
u With resolute heart and cheerful
, Or hide our face front The light of Cav
4 With II craven soul and fearful
, Oh. troubls's n ton. or troubles an ounce
Il Or a trouble is what !o,t make 1t,
And it isn't the feet that you're hurt tha
4 counts. ~
: nut only how did You take it:
i That is a very good rancher love stor
bearing the homely title Butternut Jones
t a Lanbi<in OF the West. by 'Filden Tilford
Il There are original features i'm the gam
: tof love making which make the book at
Il tractive. Jones was no pulling innocent
Fl He got she names .'Buttcrmlt an
n "Lam,kin Ia the realm of the cowboys
.