Evening star., 1918-05-19

! ment against the czarina, but. rather,
| with an Indictment against peoples
who set up manikins and call them
| gods. Another feeling that this con-
| fession inspires is regret that the
| poor. uninteresting, unhappy lady
| should not he left to the blessings Of
an obscurity that her nature and her
| achievements have SO surely earned
/! for her.
POSTHUMOUS POEMS. BY Algernon
! Charles Swinburne. Edited by Ed
mund Gosse, G. r., and Thomas
James Wise. New York: John Lane
| Company.
The supremely melodious verse of
| Swinburne drew to him all lovers of
| the pure music of poetry. To a small
| er group Swinburne was beloved for
| the spirit of political freedom that
animated SO much of his best poetry,
| or for the color and movement of his
| poetic dramas. To all of these there
comes now book OF Swinburne
poems gathered out of fifty years of
| the poets life, covering a wide range
/ of theme. and Indicating, from their
chronological arrangement. some
| thing of the writer's spiritual and
poetic development. An interesting
| group of ballads introduces these
pocIIS. Hest HldTcn win n Tree
| swinging movement as they retell
! some historic tale or legend They,
to many, Will prove 10 be the cream
of this volume. a hundred mscel-
j laneous poems. all Of which do honor
| to Swinburne. are added to the ballad
J group In an Introduction Mr.. Gosse
| not only explains the method by
which the editors made a choice out
| of the abundance Of mataAal left un-
published by Mr. Swinburne. but he
gives. also. a summary Of the liter
AIRY history of the poet himself The
book is substantial contribution to
the Swinburne poetry already in the
hands OF redderS-a contribution too
to the poetry of the Swinburne period
of English verse.
PSYCHOLOGY AND PREACHING, Rv
Charles 5. Gardner. New York.
The Macmillan Company.
1ieycd himself to be inspired. to he
the voice OF God. In those days the
preacher opened his mouth and God
spoke to the people. The days have
moved on and the preacher now takes
note of his own mental processes and
of those of his hearers He estab-
fishes paths of intellectual and emo
tional communica tion between him
careful lines between mass conscious
ness. on the one hand, and individual
intellections on the other. He makes
note of time and circumstance and
atmosphere for the direct and force
full transmission of his gospel. In
short, the preacher is reconstructtng
his profession to meet the laws Of
scientific psychology. Some are do
ing this only haIf-consciously, and
perhaps reluctantly. Others are do
ing il with systematic precision and
| foresight. The book in hand is a
text book embodying the salient
psychological laws that underlie the
preaching of the gospel. and that un-
, derlie, as well, all public speaking.
The book aims to do for clergymen
what practical educational psychology
| Is doing for teachers. In "A good deal
of practical detail 1t takes up the
| matter from the standpoint of the
| speaker and from that of the audience.
1t objectifies certain types of hearers.
| for instance. the working man and
the business man. developing the
peculiar psychology of each and in
dicatinE, therefore. the special ap-
proach to each. The writer, pro-
fessor of sociology in a theological
seminary has put large equipment
| of scholarship and experience into
this well organized and practical
| survey of the science Of public speak
| ing with a special bearing upon pub
| lie speaking from the pulpit.
! WHEN A MAN COMMITTEES. By Alan
Dale. author of THE Great Wet
Way" etc. illustrated by H. b.
Martin. New York: Dodd. Mead
| & Co.
In this humorous fling at suburban n
| life, the author frankly exagSerates
the drawbacks of Committing" with
| ont touching 1pon its communications
| Except to flavor each with a lovable
| pessimism which doesn't in the least
! disguise the fact that. Alan Dale. at