The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-06
SOME NEW BOOKS.
nsDert Brooke, introduced w
Henry James.

Henry James.
Shortly before his death in the war
n young British poet wrote these
lines:
II Z should die. think only this Of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign
toid
That is forever England. There shall be
In tina, rich earth a richer dust con.
realtd;
Gave once. her flowers to love, her ways
30 roam,
a body ~ Ensiand'.. breathing English
afr.
washed by the rivers. blcs, b, sun. Of
home.
Aad think. this heart, all evil shed away.
a pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts
b. England given;
Her stRhis and sounds. dreams happy as
her day;
And laughter. learnt of friends. and
gentlcness,
In hearts a, peace. under an English
heaven.
The poe; was RupERr BROOKE. In
addition to his poetry We have nov
his Letters from America ~,Scribners).
with "a critical preface by another
l1nglis-iman. the cA-American Mr..
Henry James. Brooke's intimate and
devoted friend MIR. Edward Marsh is
preparing "A memoir. and OF the young
patriots writings there remain for
publication "a book on John Webster
'nnd a one act play in prose. h is
the complete ale of the literary
baggage uf his short course"
Prof. Gilbert Murray has contrib
uted to the chorus of Brookc's praises
this generous utterance: II cannot
help thinking hat Rupert Brooke will
probably live in fame as an almost
mythical figure. Among all who have
been poets and died young 1t Is hard
to think If one who, both in life and
death. has SO typifed tho ideal
radiance OF youth and poetry Pend
Ing the appearance of Mr.. Marsh's
promised memoir biographical data
are placed before us in scant meis-
ure. Rupert was born AT Rugby in
1887. one of the three sons of a house
master at the famous English school.
His elder brother died before Rupert
was born; the younger brother was
killed in battle shortly after Rupert
died. The father died in 1910. MIR.
,Jcmes first met the portland. as
WAS tn find. very unforgettlng,y'--
at Cambridge, where Rupert was a
fellow. In 1909.
His complete ,~uflos.:y AMI sociab.tty
might have made him. on these lines
factiiious, n 1t had nos happened shat
The people h. so varioGsly know and ,he
contacts he enjoyed were just OF the
kind to promote most his facility and
StN..sty ga g,snf.I,n,. - 10 IT.,
were al Houng together. allowing FOR
three or four MOI ,bi,. by which | mean
Tar from the i,ast responsive. exc, ptions,
they were all fresh and free sud acute
and aware and In the world" when no;
out Of It. all fug,th,r a. the hgh spscu
la,ivc, tho high ialkai.Nc pi;ch u: the
tnitiat!oaai stage OF these latest wears
the informoI and animated, the :, con-
sciously non b,ntghted. g"uiaitv ~ which
was To make him ;is cI,a-st aad mos
projected poe D." case. with the Question
o! iificl,., and I"ulj ami trGs,ratinr
most soi'',!. tn" question NJ the !Hmr-
diste ana ! = iEnrii atoms moo: Ia "-lei
Tor him, that . "as possible t. conceive
The .ously n~on-bcn.la.cd ZEN
iality "i these la;cs; wears urged the
most projected poet cas- to crafty
his human curiosity and fellowship.
in 1887, with vide jJurney,ng. Of
that journey. /" America. Canada and
the South Sea Islan-s. these present
letters are the literary fruit. .\nd ,h,n
the Wa" came sin;.s,l.n own and
almoIt !m'ncd!I;cl, Ipon his return 10
England brooke joined ;lc naval bri-
Sade: too, part "A ":lc rJtI.v DIS
traCied', .mprov!s,d-as =; at lcis, "A;
the moiI- mt appeared movement 70:
the relief ~ ;hc doomed Antwerp;
mo- a.. 800 f. 1900
briefly iuvu!!lC.. ana Was at last sen;
to the Da"daGclies. On the way IRON
AleNandr.a to Gallipol. he was tak,r
I'll as an cif,,i uf b.o"i POISONING and
getting CONTINUOUSLY and ,ap.,.ly Y"rse.
was removed q" (; French trans Dor,
ship. where M died. II is. says Mr.
james, perhaps oven :. toU'h beyond
ANY dreamt of harmony that. unde.
Nomission of u" mart..l honor. i, wa,
to be tarricI hy contracts and devoted
waiting sharcrs, whose evidence sur.
wives them. 4" the Stcr., summit nf ,
Greek island Of infinite grace .rL ther,
placed IN such earth II amid sucl
beauty OF light ana shade and ,mbrac,
ing prospect as that the fondcs; read.
ing OF hts Young lifetime could hay,
suggested nothing better
Throughout his mos: remark lb.y an,
haracter!stically coLtr.vcd lnt:oluc
ton 1t Is upon this harmony" that Mr.
James most affeCtionate'y dwclls: Ru
pert's relation 10 The o~verchargel an
peal of his scene and hour his EN-
bodimcn; Of "tAe young Eaglish poeti,
possibility and faculty" And, whethc
or not he may be concerned with tn,
qualities ana performances oc Rlper
Brooke. nu friend or toe OF tnat Englisl
style which IS uniquely Henry james
can afford to mss THIS essay. T. studio
In the Scneral and in the particula
Tho something in the clear. safe ar
rival of the poetic nature at the po.n
OF its free and happy exercise. tina
provokes. If not the cold impulse 4
challenSc or c~ross-uuestion II. at lea :
n need Of understanding so far "A
possible how, in n world in which diff
Guilty and disaster are frequent. TN
most waNerinS and nickering of al
nne names has escaped extinction
IS hcaN!ei, in We senses, than the let
ters TO which it stands as escort u
honor.
The letters from America wcr
originally published as corrsspondenc
IN the Westminster Gdsettc. OF tn
tun nth1p rrtI.Izy ,.LI,l.