Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-02-16

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of costume in all England. Not merely are
| the color prints peculiarly attractive, but
each of the many text illustrations is an
addition.
THE LONE FURROw. BY w. A. Fraser.
author of Thirteen Men" New York:
ID. Appleton & Co
! The lone furrow'' is the path to be trod-
| den by a heroic wife. deserted under cir
| cumstances that are little short of tragic.
| Ii is not until the end of the book that
| the full tragedy is disclosed, and with it a
revelation OF the possibilities for good of
human nature. Mr.. Frasers story is full of
sweetness and is pervaded by a sane at
mosphere of religious faith that is stimu-
| latnS. The background of stubborn Scotch
lndividualities-for the scene is a little
Scotch town in Canada-is a source of
realism and of humor a sincere crusade
against the drug habit in any form fur
nishes the moral purpose of the book, but
1t is so unobtrusively and artisticaly put
forward that there is nothing that ap-
| proaches didacticism. Any one. who is
tempted to lose faith in humanity should
read The Lone Furrow.' 1t is a quiet,
sklllful, tender piece of work.
THE POLITICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM
Ii. YEATS. In Two Volumes. Vol. I.
Lyrical Poems New York: The Mac
milan Company. Washington: Wood
ward * Lothrop.
Comment upon the nature and excellence
of Yeats poetry is unnecessary. The weird,
mystical charm of his Celtic muse has
thrown glamour upon even the most COM
| mercially minded. and her rhapSsdic lifting
and magical story sings in others than Irish
hearts around the world Here is, as he
says. for the first time all of my poetry
that | have any liking for" Volume one
contains the lyrical poems and volume two,
soon to be issued, the dramatic Speaking
of his early poems which collected are ar
ranged under three headings, Ballads and
! Lyrics The Wanderings of Oisin'' and
The Rose" Yeats proves himself his own
most severe critic, and speaks of the first
group, especially the ballads as trivial and
sentimental" explaining that they became
so from imitation that not natural
to him. His admirers will acquit him of the
charge and be thankful that in one ex
cellent edition those poems, and the more
minute and intimate personal expressions
of The Rose" together with THE Wind
Among the Reeds In the Seven Woods
The Old Age of Queen Maeve'' and Bale
and Aillinn," have at last found appropri-
ate association. The volume is we'll put
up, and should do much in this country
to emphasize the particular note of Yeats
genius.
PRODUCTION by Hamilton w. Mabie.
New York: The Macmillan Company.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Mr.. Noyes requires no extraneous intro
duction to bring to his poems their proper
recognition. He is individually a poet one
tuned for the largest and most varied
music and filled with the best traditions of
song True to English tendencies nature,
the sea, Greek art, the beauty of the ply
steal, the faith of the soul and problems of
the MIND. all stimulate his pulses and set his
imagination into active creation of melod
iously pictured lines. More than that, Mr.
Noyes has ulstinct sense of humor; he is
able to present with genial reserve most
rollicking theme and to play with moods
interpretativeiy without falling into the
unusual melancho1ies of youth. This first
American collection of his poems must be
gratefully received and will no doubt do
much to raise the question as to whether
English mothers name their children Alfred
to make them poets of the first rank.
Probably the most disturbing trait in this
author of the epic, Drake" is his ia
cilty. The epic tendency to length rather
interferes with few of the poems, which
might burn more indelibly if more thor
oughly focused. Certainly. however, the
book is an exceptional achievement and
promises much for the re-esta blishment of
the fullest and deepest modes of English
song.
MISREPRESENTATION WOMEN. By
Harry Graham, author of ''Misrepre-
sentative Men, Illustrated by Dan
Sayre Groesbeck. New York.: Duff
field & Co.
The notice which directs to pages of this
satire reads, No admittance except on
pleasure Lady Godiva, Marie CO.
relli, Mary Baker Eddy, Mrs. Grundy Mrs
Christopher Columbus and Dame Rumor
form the receiving line, and other refresh
ments are offered throughout half the vol
ume the most notable being the The Cry of
the Children" which is thanked by The
Cry of the Elders" an "Epithalanium' a
q cid frnr
the author. Some of the dainties, it must
be confessed, are rather heavy, and to
quote from the text must be trying to a
delicate inside" but there is food suffi-
with the inimitdble portions of "Misrepre-
sentative Men," and new guests will find
the banquet attractive.
THE WORKER AND OTHER POEMS.
BY Coningsby William Dawson. New
York: The Macmillan Company.
Washington: Woodward & Lothrop.
Mr.. Dawson's book is one of those first
volumes of verse which confuse the reader
as to the possibilities of the author Tn
dated, the poems fail to certify to de-
velopment of taste and technical skill and
their variety of value tends merely to sug
gest lack of critical judgment There is
a song impulse here and many strings are
touched: faith, love and duty have bees a
stimulus. but there is as yet no convincing
lndiVlduallSm. 'Ihe Orker, however,
which in grim power awakens associations
with Phillips Woman With the Dead
Soul" is distinct in the volume, and is a
vivid if somber picture Mr.. Dawson de-
scribes better than he sings; one wonders
how he permitted himself the dissonant
sylables of The Parcae.
MOTHERS GEESE; a New Brood. BY
George Barr Baker, George c. Chap
pell and Oliver HEREFORD New York:
Dodd, Mead & Co. Washington: Bren-
tano'S.
Taking three to assist in the incubating
of them, it is not surprising that this new
brood of geese quacks with a lusty and
widely echoing turbulence. The three
hatchers seem to be pretty much of the
same breed, and the goslings are by no
means mongrel. Mr.. T. Gilbert White has
been so impressed with the sphinx like
gravity and enigmatic suggestveness of
the lines that all of his pictures, which
form an even half of the book, are pre-
sented a fEgyptian. They are good
There will be many to look into this goose
yard with appreciation of its quackery and
unsinking lightness.