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these lines.
Lydia. the heroine, belongs to an ad. /
Sanccd cult, that. In fear on propagat- I
ing race of children who would be I
mentally and physically weak, havei
planned what To them seems d glorious |
mission for the finest women of their
society. The priests of the Cult OF 4
bemeter, have In their hands the choos-
Ing Of husbands for the women who
are called to become mothers and the /
call Is sent to Lydia. Having already.
with a weakness that the old priests
thought reprehenslble. given her heart
ito another. Lydia accepts the mission
with many misgivings. Thus the story
runs on, with aisplendid chapter on the
final capture OF Lydia from the very
heart of the clolster by her nervy
young lover, who has no inclination to
let science triumph over love.
It is Q charming story. without a ]
trace Of coarseness. and tile author is 1
to be congratulated upon giving to the
public a novel 80 realistic without the
slightest lapse into the erotic.
THE POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAJ,.
!, Poet Of the American Revolution.
Vol. III. Edited for Princeton
Historical Association by Fred
Lewis Pattee. Per set OF vols.
. i
The Princeton Historical Association
announces the publication Of the third
and concluding volume OF its edition
/ OF the Poems OF Philip Freneau."
The volume contains the A,tical
output OF Freneau during th&years
| 1890 to 1915, and is divided into the
period OF editorshlp from 179oto 1897;
the f1nal period OF wandering from 1898
/ TO 1909, and the period OF the War OF
/ lsls from 1909 to 1915. An appendix
| contains recently discovered poem.
American Village, a list OF poems
omitted from the present collection,
! and photography of Freneau's indi-
4 vidnal poetical works. "A complete in
\ dex to the set completes s the third
volume!
glance at the contents of this
| volume shows it to be as great in his
! toric Interest a s it's predecessors. Ere
neau's strong partisanship during the
] formative era of American national
life colored every line he wrote. The
interest with which the French Revo-
4 luton was watched in America. echoes
| OF other contemporary European his
i tory and politics and purely American
happenings may in turn be traced by
Il their reflection In his poems of dir
iIsferent periods. NJ SAt u
r,Dropping his editorial work in 1898,
4. tsNii@t'u ioi d -WIllie resumed MS sea-
j faring life, and a new crop of poems
4 of travel found their way into be-
4 ing, side by side with verses on cur
I rent events. such as the death OF Wash.
4 ngton, and of Thomas Paine Miranda's
Expedition and the burning Of Nassau
Hall. where he had roomed as a Prince.
Il ton undergraduates
Ihen came the final period OF hi.
poetical productivity. the War of ISL.
r. n IN \ y, 49,, -
q that had lost neither the sting an,
irony nor the fiery patriotism of tn,
!, revolutionary days, as may be noted
In the symptoms of Hostilities,s"O,
British Commercial Depredations, 1T,
: America" The Battle of Lake Erie.
, The English Deyastations at Washing
ton. and The Battle of Lake Cham
l5plain.' :.
However, through all these strenuou
years OF verse writing, chiefly poleml
!. cal, Freneau had never quite surren
dered the true poets vision. the lyri
Z touch. His Parting Glass" ron Z,
! Honey. Bee" ITO a Katydid,'' and tn
: last poem in the collection, THE Brood
of the Valley" reveal those tendere
!. qualities which lead inevitably to TIL
regret that their. author did not CIV
{ freer rein to this side of his poettca
i | character.
q contains the Life OF Freneau BY til
g editor, the first biography OF the poe
TO make full use Of all the availabl
E material. followed by the early pro
ducts Of his pen from l76S-1774, in
: Guiding his remarkable undergraduate
8 performances and his we'll know
g princeton commencement dialogue
I The Rising Glory Of America" writ
ten IN conjunction with his classmat
al ia ri n
y OF the Revolution are clearly trace abb
n in Part 2 of Volume I,-Freneau's Firs
Poetic Period, 1775-17s1-when he re-
9 vealed for the first time his marvelou
a productiveness. Here are found HI
Ii long poems. American Liberty" Ger
y eral Cages Soliloquy at the Siege {
It Boston" "An:afsca independent" an
: Others
y Volume II. covers the entire Revol,
tionary War and contains many of II
. poets best known verses-"The BIRTHS
Prison Ship" The Memorable Victor
4 OF Paul Jones'" the scathing datrib,
against James Rivington. the printe
land the hitherto unpublished dramat
fragment. The Spy" dealing with Il
Andre episode. OF the purely Tyr
II verse In the volume THE Wild Hone,
II suckle" has perhaps been most quote
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II BoIGNE, 17s1-1s14. Edited fro,
II the original by M. Charles Nicou
III laud. From Charles Scribner
II Sons, of New York, through ii
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II pany. OF Richmond.
II The Comtesse de Boigne was boz
!; Charlotte Louise Elenore Adelaic
Il dOsmond, She had no children, b,
Il LETT as her heir the Marquis d'osmon
| her granddaughter. who was ten yea
old when the Comtesse died in 1866 /,
e!ghty-flve years OF age.
II The Marquis, by the terms OF h
II grand-aunt's win. assumed control
his inheritance when he was twent,
II FIVE years old. or in the year 1851. r,
II many years afterward the Memoir
/ composing this book remained unpu
| llshed, because of consideration +
II private rights and personal interests
II These manuscripts. which have
| length been given to the public, inve
| with Illuminating interest the lor
II period extending from the reign
II Louis XIV, Of France, to the Revol
II ton Of ls4S In that country, a peri
II troubled. extraordinary and fertile