New-York tribune., 1907-12-08

IL IiIEstr9tsd from, nature bv Henry Troth I2m5
pp. viii. 60. Charles ScriDners sons.
In one of his essays Matthew Arnold reminds
the critic that there are moments in which il
behooyes him to "stand aside and let humanity
decide" Those are happy moments for the poet
in which he Cnntrfves To stand aside. as it were
and let nature decide moments in which he
abandons himself 50 completely % the thing he
is celebrating that his words come as though
from the heart of that thing itself. The late
SiInev Ianier was not always disposed 70 adOI.
this attitude His mind was full Of theories
These may very possibly have been remembered
bv him when he wrote THE Marshes Of Glynn'
and similar pieces, but they did not control him.
If he put his best work into the poem just men
toned it was because the beauty of nature had
really touched his soul and moderated his
usually excessive solcitude for mere verbal
effect. somehow" he says,
somehow nv soul seems suI5-1Iy free
From the weighing Of fate and The sad discussion
By the length and the breadth aad the sweep Of
the marshes Of Glynn-
The scales fell from his eyes. He sac the
marshes that so moved him. and he SO sang
their beauties that he visuaIized them for his
reader. He is the vivid painter Of nature il
these verses: subjective. after his fashioE. and
finding romantic inspiration in the
Paautif,II sIooms soft dusks in the roori1y FIRE
wildwood privacies, closets Of lone desire
hut depicting. when all is said living land
scape. n scene CT light and color. For this rea-
son Mr.. Henry Troth has been able successfully
10 do a very difficult thing. 70 illustrate poetry
with the camera. In the Georgian country
where I.anier found his material he has taken
4 number of photographs which. eNlCisitey re-
produced in this little volume, form a surpris-
inpIv harmonious accompanimeut to the poets
lines Wisely he has chosen subjects unmarked
bv figures or any other signs NJ human habita-
tion. These poems are essentially the fruit Of
quiet communion with nature; tire marshes are
rha psodized for their own sake. and II IS II tns
mood that MI Troth has portrayed them IN
so far as pictorial composition may be developed
by the photosrap pher IL has been secured upoa
this occasion The different plates are 50 many
well chosen notes of Landscape. each conveying
a distinct and charming impression In VI
Troth's pictures you have presented with almost
startling accuracy the kind Of thing which
I.anier thus describes
Sinuous southwark and s.--cls n7--Awa-d '-s
shirumern& band
or the sand-heach faSt5nS tl- t-,-' OF INC n-i''1
10 the folds OF the !dH,t
Inward and outward To mort. ward and so-tA"'--
the beach lines IUSgr and t...- -
As a slver-vrouEht garment t.-- c--C<S % All
follows the iiru sweet limbs NC -ir- -.
Vanishing. SWcrvlns. ev-ru-'-- c-Tt--5 d7---4 ---
sight T.. --s-
Softly the sand beach wIyers away 10 GIN gay
looping of Hight II -
And what If behind me - "r~.H-ri '-1 VIZ -
the woods stands high .,s
The world lies east how aH'--'. t-e marsh @-U $50
sea and the sky. -. t;ys
league and a league OF marsh grass waist hs~
Green and ali OF a height and unlocked with
light a shade.
Stretch IeiSUreIv or in a pleasant 2-l-A'
To the tvrmina! bl4e Of the Ui----.
Some Of the illustrations are given d II"
page and others printed on q sraiier So@.@
are placed as headings The text iS III . lL@"''
some open type and the carefully printed No.4-..
has an attractive binding II makes ue-7-'
fuI holiday gift book.