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other illustriOus men whose rendition
Of the stories Of the rabbis merits the
attention of the student and lay reader.
Archbishop Trench, 5. Baring-Gould,
Sir Edwin Arnold. George Croly, John
G. SAKE, Longfellow, Whittier. Lowell
and many others contribute to this
branch Of fascinating literature.
This statement applies with still
greater force to the fourth section or
DR.. kohut's anthology, which he APP
propriately marks: For Israel: Poems
in Defence of the Jews-Tributes and
Eleges." Here may be found an alter
math Of characteristic appreciations
and testimonies on behalf Of this an
cient people by such writer's as Oliver
Wendell Holmes. Joaquin Miller. Swim
burne. Richard Watson Glider. Edwin
Markham, Robert Underwood john
son. Rudyard Kipling. William Words
worth, John Arlington Symonds'
Longfellow. Helen Gray Cone, Matthew
Arnold, Minot J. Savage, Judge Moan
Davis and numerous other poets and
statesmen. who lent the force and vigor
Of their personality to champion and
extol the beauty and dignity OF Israel
But not only these selections OF a
moral and sentimental value merit at
tention and praise. TO the lay reader.
no less than to the student and scholar'
perhaps the most fascinating and in
teresting portion of the Anthology VIII
be the first two sections. comprising
Poems on the Bible. on the Apocrypha
and Post Biblical Tradition. Here. IN
a measure, every lover of good Eng
iish is at home. Here he will find his
fayorite verses on sacred themes
Byrons Hebrew Melodies" Sir Edwin
Arnold's episodal poems on the paiIi-
archs and prophets. culled from the
Koran. quaint and beautiful legends OF
Old Testament characters sung hy
American poets. hold equal rank with
the stately Psalms of Milton, the Para
phrases of the Canticles and Lamenta-
tons by George Wither and the soul
stirring and impassioned TRANSACTIONS
Of Sir Philip Sidney, George Peele.
Sandys. Cardinal Newman. Lord
Houghton. James Montgomery and
others. The entire book Of Psalms Is
reproduced in verse by poets from the
fifteenth century to the present day.
OF curious interest here is the long list
of royal and noble British authorship.
Two British kings set their hands 10
David's Tyre. and many lords and ladies
of the realm followed in their train.
The second volume contains COM
plete dramas. as well as extracts from
dramatic literature. which will be
found 10 be serviceable and important.
especially to Bible study circles. Tw O
OF Byron's, two of Hannah More's. two
of Milman's dramatic poems are in
cluded. The range Of topics extends
from The Epic Of Paradise" TO The
Merchant of Venice" with TRANSACTIONS
from the French and German. Among
the more important OF these are Les
sings Nathan the Wise" Racine =
"Athaliah" and Victor Hugo's Tor
Quemada."
This Hebrew Anthology" is a seri .
Gus and valuable contribution To gen
eral literature. II will take rank with
standard collections like the Bryant
Library of Poetry and Song" Pal
graves Golden Treasury" and the two
more recent Victorian and American
anthologies Of Edmund Clarence Ste l.
man.
In his forceful introduction Sir Hud-
son Maxim says:
The crystallzed thought of the ancient
Hebrew is the one thing most precious
come down to Us from me remote past
The vastness of this influence on success
siNe after pages may not be comprehend
ed. a cleW to apprehension lies ia the
pages Of this Anthology. 70 the English
speaking races Hebrew thought has served
steadfastlv as the incentive to achieve
ment i'm the art Of letters. IL has been
constant. indefa tigsbie. in its grant Of
inspiration. I'm its array OF splendid mate
rial AT the writer's hehest How bounti-
fully its riches haze been loved. how
gratefully nurtured. how graciOusly made
fruitful. this Anthology reveals