The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-01-14

| years ago. His new book, Love Trum-
phant' is a collection OF poems replete
with fresh and original fancy, sincerity
and depth Of sentiment, and with a certain
! forceful WEor. despite their lyrical quality,
that distin cuisines the author asa manly and
! gifted American singer, There Is touch
| Of Rosetti in his poem on Creation:
nash OF WIN and word OF Power
/ Your body rose Ike ion uhGs rovcr'
Winds went north and winds went south
Then oTeto the mystery Of your r'owh.
Night leaned over her golden bars
Your Ar bietg Tree IKE d cloud Of adfA
Dreams and song and a sunrise sea-
Your eveJ booked OUT from the Darn O! ms,
There Is a concentration Of thought and
power In the poem on Birth" that tempts
to quotations
God thougha
million blazing worlds wrought
God wind:
Earth rose while all Creation tbrtlrdi
God spoke.
And in the Garden love awokei
God smiled.
20, In tho mothers arms a child
Tho nsS work. like It's predecessor -On
LIES Stairway Is published by Dana
Estes and Company and contains some
ninety poems. mainly lyrical in character
concerned with love, religion. patriotism
and the problems OF human expert ence.
Sour Marie by Mary Randall Shipley.
Is a story Of considerable length written in
blank verse, which Is the attempt OF
woman 70 give an answer to the questions
Of the soul. The author of the book has
solved the problem that she sought TO eI-
plain, so far as she personally is concerned,
for she died eight years ago. To the world
in general the poem reveals nothing
illuminating or hitherto unknown concern
ing the soul and It's attributes or destiny.
Sour Marie" was n sweet. strong woman.
a member Of a community Of women with
lofty ideals, who had retreat on one of
the lakes in Wisconsin named after the
famous Persian Queen Yashti. The mem
beers OF the Vashd community were under
no religious VOWS. but were devoted TO good
works as n panaoea for past eoIrows. AZ
a work Of literature the book Is lacking in
poetic feeling, dramatic power and me-
lodious phrasing.
The press of Fred J. Heer. which is located
in the classic city OF Columbus. Hio, has
brought out book by Webster PERT Hunt
ington which is called A Verse Book and
evidently calls for a new classification in
literature. 1t is not poetry. 1t is not prose.
The subjects given in its table Of contents
include all kinds OF homely themes from
Hard Cider and How Butrick Hired the
Pew to an ambitious effort entitled Three
Voices which is written in the form of an
ode and sometimes rhymes and sometimes
does not, according 10 the writer's fancy
and the adaptability OF words to find for |
themselves accommodating companions. |
IT,stI "a
please, free-for-all turn into which an |
author may put anything whatever that
comes into his head about his babies or his |
friends or his enemies in any form he likes |
TO put it. always mindful not TO give the
natter the attention that would qualify it |
to be Chased under the head Of literary |
production or melodlous phrasing that viii
cause it TO be mistaken for poetry.
Musings and Pastels.' by Bert Finck,
author of Webs and Plays, Is a book
Of little poems In prose, epigrammatio
sayings and short fanciful plays, which
Is published by John p. Morton 4 Co.
The Musings have q Thus saith tho
flnalty Of conviction about them
and an intensely moral purpose. The
Pastels have a strongly ina ginative quality,
elusive and symbolic as to meaning and
Intention, which suggests, the modern Nor
weglan school, and are more concerned
with the spirits Of the wood and the rain.
with mysterious and supernatural visions.
han with the wholesome natural emotions
and Incidents OF normal human beings.
The epigraIns are clear. sharp and quotable
but lacking in the humor that would make
hem popular. Lack OF appreciation is the
,nDner ~ foolss. -IsonRinp Is the soul at
Foolish wives are worse than
oolish virgins; their mischief reaches
urther,' are few among many sayings
hat tempt to quotation. Most beautiful
md comprehensive OF them is the little
petition at the close, Keep US strong in
our adversely Keep us sane In our SUGGEST
Keep US kind amidst our pleasuresi In our
misery. keep Us just