Arizona republican., 1911-01-23
4 NOTABLE ARIZONA BOOK

reviewers. we may he pardoned fo being sufficiently provincial to rejoice in the fact And it happens that on, of the notable successes of the da, | is book of poems by Miss Sharlo NJ. Hall. the territorial historian o Arizona. The volume is issued h, sherman. French x Co. Boston. Tn. catchy title. Cactus and Pine" stand, out on a cover which is bordered by pine trees while a cactus adorns tn, pages. and every page is readable Many of the poems strike a higi note of merit. If this were not so we should hear a different choru: from the critics. as they are habitu- ally savage in dealing with moderr poetry. It has been many years. in fact. since there was published in the United States a book of poems that met with such a kindly reception from the professional reviewers. All oi them praise Miss Halls work in words of sincere admiration.
 The volume will no doubt have a large sale in Arizona, for there is no other section of the country where current literature of the best class is more generally read. Besides. Miss Hall is an Arizona product" She grew up in Yavapai county. and ev- erything she does shows that her heart throbs with patriotic love of Arizona. The spirit which animates all her work is prominent in the dedi- cation:
 "To the mother who bore my body; To the land that mothered my soul: To the Ultimate Guide who led me Scared through the battle. but whole: Mother. and Land. and The Vision, stern trails where my feet were set; Take these from the Price I owe ye- Whose life is less than the debt"
 Arizona people generally will re member the effect, if not the words. of Miss Halls brilliant and fervent poetic protest against the proposed arbitrary jointure of Arizona and New Mexico as one state No other writing in that campaign did SD much tO arouse the people against the measure That IOem was read and recited with en- thusiasm all over the territory. It will come as no surprise to our people. therefore. to learn that this Arizona girl has written book of poems which will make her famous. We subjoin two of the very excellent things found in Cactus and Pine"
 The Song Of the Colorado. From the heart of the mighty noun
 tains. strong souled for my fate
 l came,
 My far-drawn track to nameless
 sea through a land without d
 name:
 And the earth rose up to hold me, to
 bid me finger and stay: And the brawn and bone of my moth
 CTS race were set to bar my way. Yet I stayed not, I could not finger;
 my soul was tense to the call The wet winds sing when the long
 waves leap and beat on the far
 sea wall
 stayed not. could not finger; pa
 tient. resistless. alone. I hewed the trail of my destiny de, D
 in the hindering stone. How narrow that first dim pathway
 yet deepening hour by hour, Years. ages, aeons. spent and forgot.
 while I gathered me might and
 power
 To answer the call that led me, to
 carve my road to the sea. Till my flood swept out with that
 greater tide as tireless and tame
 less and free.
 From the far. wild land that bore me.
 drew my blood as wild I. born of the glaciers glory. born of
 the uplands piled
 Like stairs to the door of heaven. that
 the Maker of all might go Down rom HIS pidtt HllH HOHpI. lp
 look on the world and know That the sun and the wind and the
 waters. and the white ice cold
 and still.
 Were moving alright in the plan he
 had made. shaping his wish and
 will
 When the spirit of worship was on
 me. turning alone. apart, stayed and carved me temples deep
 in the mountains heart. Wide domed and vast and silent, meet
 for the God knew. With shrines that were shadOwed and
 solemn and altars of richest hue; And out of my ceaseless striving
 wrought victors hymn. Flung up to the stars in greeting
 from my far track deep and dim. For the earth was put behind me; I
 reckoned no more with them That come or go at her bidding. and
 cling to her garments hem. Apart in my rock-hewn pathway.
 where the great cliffs shut me in. The storm swept clouds were my
 brethren and the stars were my
 kind and kin.
 alone. unstaying. I went as one who goes
 On some high and strong adventure