Evening star., 1914-01-31
THE LONELY DANCER: and other

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THE LONELY DANCER: and other
Poems. Ey Richard lie Gallienne.
author of English Poems" etc.
With a frontispiece portrait by
I-nna lie Gallienne. New York: John
Lane Company.
This volume of lie Gal,ienne poems Is
4 lovely garden of remembered things.
Nad this does not mean that poet I.
a-reating here participations that have
gone from him The impression made by
80 roems is rather that of youth
Dtirriug among far memories of some
s,.rifu! earlier world in which he
s.r37rhOy. somewhere-had glorious part.
-~t4 persistent loneliness i'll them
sasu~ more the symbol of far-faring
'-' sickness than any sign of present
fusion and this-world weariness- The
singing is wonderfully sweet and clear
aAd strong. 1t is. besides, a web of
tairv .ossanler. This poet, so possessed
'H love of beauty. has. too. amazingly
'i.!cate powers Of capture. No tint or
fi...oyn or fragrance or meaning of the
rrIZe escapes. And. moreover, as a way
across To others. means for the bodily
ard spiritual transfer of this beauty. he
Is sinGuiarlv open and communicable
0re loves the friends of lie Gallienne-
ttose that stir him to truly rapturous
.mong the hest of these are the moods
Building Her House is thing to spur
this vernal artist to yearly emulation of
- sheer and delicate loneliness. The tan
taizins puzzle of human life looks out
from nany of these poems. sometimes
Mr.. lie Gallienue faces Il in the very
spirit Of old Omar himself He does at
the close of THE Lonely Dancer.
haunting. reminiscent thing. In "Flos
NevorUm that a certain critic halls as
"one Of the finest lyrics our language or
any other has produced. the puzzle re-
peats itself enehantingly:
Yon m'lst mean moro tl,a9 {nst this hour.
simple and complex flower
Wrought with sneh planetary care
How patient the eternal power
That wove the marvel OF your hair
How 7one ri,e sunlight and the sea
Wow. and rewove rhiS ripping god
To rhy1hnis OF eternity:
ADD nianv a flashing thing grew Old.
Waiting This miracle To he,
And painted marvels manifold
>,Fu with his work u1.satished.
Eager each eres; f-y.
The solemn aSdr
Rainbow and she'll aud butterfly
rs sonie Stem blacksmith scattar~ wide
The sparks that from his anvil hy-
TIE moonlight Of forgotten seas
pweIIs in eyes. and your tongue
The honey o. a million bees,
And all the sar-0ws Of all sang.
You are TIE ending q all these
The world grew Old TO make yea young
Strange artist 10 nv aching thought
tive answer; all the patIert Pow"F
That 70 this perfect ending wr,uglIt.
Shsn II mean nothing but ar AouEs
say not that il IS a.. for naGght
Tine br.nSs Eternity flower
30. throughout, this httle volume flow
IN subtle questings. in exquisite
ro-rnS. in warm and springinG colors.
i:ichard lie Gaiiienne is better even than
lis best in this book % every-sided
""auty and power
rHE FUGITIVE: \ PLAY IN Four Acts.
By John Gaisworthy. auther 20 OF
charles a Scribners Sons. Washing
ron: Woodward & Lothrop.
according to his habit IL the making of
laws, Mr. Galsworthy takes his theme
eor The Fugitive" out from under our
rery eyes. This IS the outline story of
the play: A wife leaves her husband
20 one, except herself, sees any reason
sor this act What her friends do see Is
pampered pretty, penniiess woman,
f1olishly giving up. for no reason at ALI
an ordinarily good husband. home
lends, society. dress, leisure, ainuse.
suent Out of some devious bTooding OF
s-r own however. the girl refuses long
.r to take where she will not give, re-
fuses 10 make further hateful barter of
tcrseIf for the sake OF mere things. So,
she goes away TO make her own place in
the world. But she has nothing To sell
nat industry waDts-No training, or skill
Or work-nothinE 10 SELL but herself
Failing in a petty clerksh.p. she. for ad-
vice, seeks man with whom in her old
.one she had often had stimulating and
soulful talks wherein were many glow
ing recasts OF old pGrases-"trying ones
own wings, freeing the spirit. living
ones own life" and The result
OF This meeting Is at alliance between the
two. as well its prompt dissolution
upon the girls discovery ttat this irregu-
lar arrangement is standing in the way
OF the mans not overnight prospects.
Adrift again. the story moves to poig-
nant and haunting climax one. however.
against whose logic there can be no rea-
sonabie demur. At this point. in a bright.
warm rather fashionable cafe, the girl
is seated at a table-waiting for some
chance man to solicit the only wares she
has TO sell-herself. A man-having fed
and wined her-goes out to make ar
rangements for their departure together.
In the minute of his absence the girl
kills herself. This, in Ineager outline, is
the story Of a woman's descent into hell.
As a play something 10 be acted. it is
literally stripped for the running.
There is not, from start TO finish, shred
upon II that can impede its Night. In
structure II Is a wonder Of severe sim