The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-03-23

|, O. the Poem vision of War;"
h. Game of Life and DEATH 1.-THE
|Aine Diamond" etc.
tBos,or sunday Herald Feb. oath. !
eon Cocord. the story wr tier and poet,
poston for few days-the first time in
.et six ysars he has been farther than
|, away from his home at Searsport, Me.
ms Culc1rd and their little girl they
bstgg ais uncle. Frank W. Colcord. in
bsster year ago Robert Frost, lust
from England with extraordinary hon.
Fss ta5 terary lion of the day. Now it
card Vho, along quite other lines, is do
/ mart No maintaining our high New Eng
fractions in letters. And, rather curl
F-.J and Colcord are kinsmen; Frost's
ps grandmother was Colcord; their first
nd ancestor to cross the Atlantic was one
earl, settlers of New Hampshire, and
ec3n1 .yunded Kingston in the Granite
coIn Ctcord, as an author, was discover
i Ni, Phillips of the American Magazine
i yesrs ago; a young man IN his early
hes be vas making rather sorry go of it
glng along in New York, when the un.
|ogs1jy IF sea story, written in simple,
pcu: prose, was quickly recognized by the
Ilme editor As writer of capital tales
1 sea he gained notable popularity, and
bgys been collected in two successful
/ He also has reputation as a serious
Ter % economic and other topics; an article
yrorcb,nf Al l..
bred 10 the North American Review was
ed by strikingly competent handling,
!, Of course. might be looked for from one
5 raining, as will shortly appear. But it
by within comparatively few months
as poet he became a figure of national
ftaace, Before the appearance of a work
hss made profound impression as one
{ mos widely discussed books of the year
prd vas hardly known as writer of verse,
ngh some poems from him of exceptional
h had iately appeared in two or three
ZINES But when the war broke out it
ped tu SO that he could not rest; be began
bite bis Vision of War;" week after week,
b sfJsr month, he worked on it day and
The publishers are said to have been
81 enthusiastic on getting the manu-
t. taeY had been counting on novel that
u,bsf had planned. They will doubtless
be novel also in due time, for Colcord re-
himself a. primarily novelist. Mean
/ whatever disappointment his publishers
have telt has been we'll dissipated; the
Cd las made itself one Of the great sue
years. ranking with North of
Il and Tine Spoon River Anthology" in
sga IN competent quarters it has been
as the great wars supreme utterance in
t4fe me eminent critic calls it the most
1e-i book of the year, whether verse or
ar- even ifsit be the 'glorifcation of
that many say it is, others find in it
eF g'edflcation of peace; the righteous
iha' conditions the rule of the sword
uaaAnd has learned the great lesson of
Will among men as the one thing abso-
essential to lasting peace in the world.
oc"F4 gIorlfies war only as a cleansing
1l.a3n consuming and agonizing-or
l~sl hIng that hurts in its evil aspect
ISL sTltJ may be glorified as necessary
s5cea- ends.
coin O3icord has had most unusual and
SUM caFeer. His father was a deep
iialN- ~ 1858, young man IN his TWEEN
Il Was in his first voyage in command of
. dis wife was with him. Off Cape
"a TIE midst of gale SO severe that it
cared hat the vessel, old and leaking,
0mrd, Lincoln Colcord, Jr., their first
zane lnto the world.
IL ears ships were the boys only
L- 'ola childhood companion was sis
ne IDLY schooling which the brother
s'7f had, until adolescence, was under
amer and mother on shipboard-an
Fachlng combination, in certain ways
saeF fertile in ideas and fanciful; the
u free-thlnker. matter of fact and
IL Inc children were left mainly to
ewes to work out their books alone. AL
q Her education might appear defective
s'o0 Of things they did not learn, 1t
. 'lem to think for themselves. Hence,
W -e young author now regards him
SH,r rant" his early schooling, having
-'Ii' OF It's defects, furnished just the
o5ht oest adapted for making what he
Fsome a writer of fiction and an expo
" human life in manifold aspects, He
vi the rt-mindedDess that is stimu-
ly sea-faring life. Besides what he
~ ~ extensive. even though not COM
usIFe' reading through long, quiet days
mere was the immense educative value
mediate contact with, and an Unsuitable
! H. II sorts of people, and the sight
=! strange countries while sailing from
port all over the world.