Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-23
"The Heart Of n Woman" And Other

Poems BY Georgia Douglas johnson
With an introduction by William
Stanley Braithwaitc. Boston: The
Cornhill Company. Price sl.25.
Here is a little volume of poems, brief.
poignant, full of feeling and romance
purely feminine and never fcmimst, rather
for the woman of the home than tho
woman of the office, but infinitely sweet
and sympathetic for any woman s read
ing. Many are fragmentary and sketchy,
MANY are just watts Of n moment MOOD
or feeling all are short, and all are lyme.
MIR. Rrsithwaite in his introduction
saws that the poems are intensely feminine,
and that, for him means deeply human.
To look upon what is revealed, he SAYS.
is to give the reader sense of infinite
sympathy. and in that and in many other
qualities of Mrs .lohnson's poetry he
finds a great deal to admire. Here IS tho
first lyric from which the book takes its
name:
The heart Of a woman goes forth with
the dawn,
As lone bird soft ~inging. so rcstlCssly on,
Afar o'cr lifc's turrcts and wales does 1t
roam
In Che wake of those echoes tho heart
calls home.
The heart of a woman falls back with
the night
And enters some alien cage in its plight.
And tries TO forget II had dreamed of the
stars
While it breaks, breaks. breaks on the
shcltcrirg bars.
Received of the publishers.
Paved Streets" Nv Elias licbcrman.
The Cornhill Company; Boston. Mass
Price Sl25.
Here is verse serious and gay. of the
home and the street. not so much OF the
soul of man, as of his deeds and his every
dav Iife VERY American Is Mr.. Lieberman,
and he views his fellow American with
eouanimitv and respect. he he the Amcrl-
can of the Mayflowrr stamp. or he who
came from far oppressed lands, glad IN
his escape and thankful IN his heart for
the freedom Of the adopted country
This Is a small volume, most attractive
" bound. it's binding only pleasant
introduction 10 the pleasure within. II
s of more vanety in its serious themes.
and it's humor and gayety than anything
IN the wav Of poetry that has been issued
IN n long time IL would be a delightful
Christmas remembrance. and II would
please old and Young and between, be
cause nf IFS variety and Is charm and
comprehension of every day life. Mr.
Iseherman sees moro IN the city streets
than most of us do, and then he makr-
rs sec these things in his own way. hc
the wav Of WIT or fun, or IN scrIcus mood.
whatever may have pleased him AZ the
moment We are grateful 70 him for hrs !
pleasant. revealing verse Of our cities
Recrivcd of the publishers.
''roilu, a Dog Of Rouhaix~ ~ Eleanor |
Atkinson. author of Johnny Applcsccd /
'Trevfriars Bobby" &c New York |
and London Harper and Brothers
Poilu was 50 named because he looked /
like his master. WHOM tho master got home
from his month at camp As o Territorial
Reserve He came back 70 the little
peasant firv4sde at Rouhaix. all unkcmpt
hair and ravenosr appetite and he w:s
Just like the little puppy. his wife hal
bought that day IN the market At Lille !
GrandTrerp saw the rc~eInbsncc and
chrlstcned the little dag. Pnnu. Grandperr
WAS Alsatian French; his mother and
brothers and sisters hsd periShei IN the
taking of Strasshurg He was known IN
the little Flemish town as Monsieur la
Revanchc. and he was respected too, for
his wit and knowledge, bur no one he
Iievpd him hat the Germans would really
overrln Belgium and the Nord sometime
and take all the great industrial part u
rancc. Tho next summer after the
story opens. when Poilu was big and
strong and able 10 pull the market cart
% Illc. tho people found that NJ IA
Revanchc had known what the Germans
we're capable Of
Terrible things began TO happen
Hen-i went of 10 war. for tho Tcrritorals
we're molhilzed almost Immediately
dtfIe Jeanne Marie went 10 the convent
- he 4 Red CrrSss nurse and her husband
Toseph fought on the Narnc the Little
ictor STAYED At home and hen during
he next winter. managed II escape 20
lngland 4 happy family was scattered
heir money Was taken and their home
lespmled By the Huns. but their splrlt
f sacrifice for la Patre. and their dc
-otion to each other. was beyond reach
4 the conqueror Only Madame and
irandpere were left IN the little home
rhcre the doors and window must be
nfastcned always that the German :,
Of their village might enter at :
nv time Meanwhile Poiu dragged !,
,achine gums and look in wounded AZ -
light He fought with his master who
OF the Croix dc Gucrrc. and The dog
OF his cross too. for neither man nor u
east could outdo him in bravery and
fort Then VI Henri died and Poilu y
Il out for home II u
One night there was the old scratching
t the door and in came the dear dog >
iend glad To see Madame and Grand
ere. and not able to understand why he
as quickly fed and Their hidden in the 7
,llar Even q dog must be reported to =.
le German commandant For one night ="
? was fondled and caressed- then he was =
ported Then Madame went home and n
Ith little charcoal she had saved 20 =
ann the room IN extreme cold, she ~
abe tine gas with which 10 send Pmlu
his long home Il vas better than n
t the Huns torture Inm as they would
I'VE done when they saw that he Wa
sttIe SCARED and had fought again>t
cm
II is q wonderfully living tale Of tie
AZ, intimate and detailed IN its family
.. What tlis family suffered, many
olsands of families xperienced. And
e shining tlung about ii; lis their bravery g.
d their thought OF La Patrie for that ~ ~
ey would give up anything and every ~
ing and they did Il is sad and pathetic e e
many parts. and YET there IS such =
rit IN the brave souls that figure in the "a "a
,ry, and so much future in Jeanne Il
arie and the Little Josephine and in - -
rtor. vino escaped To England, that one ~
IVES off reading II with regret, and there - =
remaining a splendid feeling Of begin T., =.
air and On ON for = psfrip and for 'Il