New-York tribune., 1907-12-06
Literary Nes0s and Crff,c;c~,

nllraoly illustrate the r.,,e 81 81. c.o,
- arr. He had his perfunctory mo-
Holhe OF which are rerTesented In this
N''oii' Out there were occasions on which,
.l 80 hlsh plane. painting portraits like
Nathanlel Spens.' the Mrs Scott Mon
ai'o me Sir John Sinclair which rank
- reynolds. if not With Gainsborough.
:; VI this volume has been fortunate
AZ MS cholce OF examples reproducina- several
'hat are fine and unfamiliar The fo+,;ao
himself. P'' at VI
-Hr. Stephen Phillips has published a volume
''ehasN CJohn Lane Company bring
iHs Iosether III it a tragedy in one act an arnb;
liouS poem on 'Endymion," and q nnrnhar 20
other pieces. Romantic sentinent .,a - -
nectlon on poignant modern ,,otjras a;+;:,
me book- Its diction is polished and sop.+i,,a
NIidi iIiliils IN suave and graceful way t,t tbe
.io'e ol passion realizing itself in beauty hard
~ makes Itself felt. The writer's toucb *; s,,-a.
anu most effective in one or two short con,nosi-
'ions like the following:
70 y LOST LOVE
cannot look upon thy grave
though there the rose is sweet.
A1ter 10 hear the long wave wash
lhese wastes about my feet,
shall lr,ri. take comfort? Dost thou live
With 'a'i ,ieeP lp'inSh lush afS5; about thee like
me SuiIness round a star?
Oh thou art cold! In that high sphere
Losing in saner happiness
Iills madness Of the heart.
And yet at times. thou stin shalt feel
Disturb'd, as though door in heaven
Had oped and closed again.
A4d nd thou shalt shiver, while the hymns.
aomen, SSi' haif ifylns re1neBbe7 aa9 me cease
IAen turn away 10 peace.
But. oh. for everrnore thy look
ri, Iny laugh: thy charm, thy tone,
Dear trivial things, are gone!
I9TsTe5eTe TS65P5 tfi2e look ,bH not on on thy grave
BIT rather hear the loud wave wash
ihese wastes about my feet.
About the volume whole there is some
thing which might almost be described as lassi-
tude. The author addresses himself TO there's
for which he has no doubt a keen sympathy,
but tn his treatment of them he very rarely
strikes spark of emotion.
THE conclusion of the whole matter is this:
Our social organization has developed to a stage
where the old righteousness is not enough. we
need an annual supplement to the Decalogue"
Thus speaks that acute and highly instructive
writer. Professor Edward AIsworth Ross, in his
''Sin and Society: An Analysis NJ Latter Day
Iniquity." CHoughton. Mifin & Coz This book
is the 1907 supplement TO the Decalogue. In
six essays whose contents are known to readers
Of the Atlantic Monthly Professor Ross
analyses new varieties OF sin. shows how sin
ners are graded, discovers monster named
the criminaIoid,' and teaches the rules Of the
game played by moral and immoral So
ciety. The critic is epigrammatc. somewhat
puritanical and addicted TO the Of blunt
words. These qualities fit hin. for his task just
as surely as they lead him. now and then. to
rash generalizatons and highstrung reforma-
tory methods. For example, he says that d.
rector OF a corporation should resign the mo-
rnent he IS not ready 10 stand for every policy
Of his board in which immoral course is
pursued The advisability Of enduring some
things for the sake Of higher ends does not i'm
press Professor Ross who even goes so far as
10 refuse TO accept a directors excuse that he
opposed the wrong sanctioned by the majority
Of his colleagues In spite of such curious ex-
cesses however. the little book is well worth
reading for both pleasure and moral profit.