Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-14


tinctively expression of a particular loca
ton and particular people-the State o
Delaware and those who have lived ant
still live there. His verse is most revealing
in setting forth the beauties of the ont
and the virtues and characteristics of tn,
other. He rhymes Of the subtle visions o
Kent county, and the green fields, fruitful
orchards, and waving grains, the attractiv,
homes, the busting towns and cozy ham
lets, are pictured to the eye rs well AS Il
the mind. The Incidents set forth ART
homely, but most attractive, the folk lori
Is true to nature. And there is humor
sentiment and pathos, each in its appro
pirate place.
Very finely are both sentiment and pur-
pose expressed in the Prelude, the final
stanzas of which are:
Through the meadows cattle roam,
Tinkling bells that lead TO home,
While the squirrels on the fence
Chatter forth their lmpudence-
Where the daisies greet the sun,
Smiling biithely, every one;
Bluebells nodding on the stem
Let's go back and search for them
Dreaming as in DAYS agone,
We will wander on and on
Not where throngs the pavement tread,
Nllu inc clover blooms instead,
Where the orchard branches sway
Hopes fulfilled of yesterday
Comet Let's journey trouble-free
Through the haunts of Memoryi
And how exquisite and appropriate the
Postlude:
Some idle thoughts as idly writ;
Some fragments gathered bit by bit:
Traditions dim, with cobwebs spun
And handed down from sire to son.
The dust of years has left its trace
On many a nook and hiding place
On crlmbling parchment brown with age,
And quaint old letters, page on page;
On deeds conveying house and lands
That turn to ashes in our hands.
Some bits and scraps of days of old
Some stones that our fathers told;
And fancies woven into rhyme
That hint of ease and summer time.
These are the themes of which | sing;
These are the treasures which l bring;
And rarely crave little space
To show them In the market place
These trifies gathered near and far;
Ny pack is open. Here they are,
And the reader will be pleased to fine
them. The bits of sentiment; the pictures
of Delaware, the stirring appeals for the
various war measures during the dark
days. All the way through, all the way
over "The King Highway ancient
road from New Castle to Lewes which
Mr.. Hynson so charrningly portrays in
zone Of his poems-the results viii be
ound most congenial.
Received of the publishers.
Reviews Of Bookshelf. l4th-Cqopers4
"Ra ymond Robins Own Story" BY
photographs. New York City: Harper
d Brothers. Price, 81, net.
Raymond Robins, head of the American
Red Cross work in Europe, received much
condemnation In this country, on account
of his intimate acquaintance with the
Soviet government, and his freely ex-
pressed opinions of its strength and pos
sbihties. His recommendations that it be
recognized by the Allies governments to
the extent of trade relations also was
severely condemned
From Raymond Robins story, as told
by Mr.. Hard, it may readily be understood
why Mr.. Robins conceived and held to his
opinion. He had most interesting ex-
periepce IN Russia, and was Intimately
acquainted with the exciting events that
SO quickly followed the downfall of the
Gar and the monarchiaf government. He
witnessed the failure of the feeble Ker-
ensky administration and saw Lenine and
Trotzky step into power.
Mr.. Robins in the prosecution of his
Red Cross work, was brought into IN
timate intercourse with Lenine and
Trotzky. He recognized that no ms tier
how they might be regarded by the out
side world, no matter how their practices
ID dnotives were detested, they were the
ruling powers In Russia. Not only In |
Moscow were they supreme, but through |
out most of Russia. The Soviet govern |
ment, he became convinced, represented |
the sentiment and ha d the approval of 90 |
per cent of all the people of Russia. He |
saw its authority recognized almost to the |
rernotest ends of the country. Its official |
favor was of great aid to him in his Red /
Cross work, and its passports, once issued /
TO him, carried hun safely and unduestion- |
ingly wherever he had 0oeasion to travel. |
And he said Leninc - Trotzk :, once |
they gave him their word, kept absolute
faith with him.
Mr.. Robins, was convinced that the
Soviet government, while it was obnoxious
10 the outside world, was the only form of
organized government In the country, and
this Is why he believed it would be ad-
vlsable to recognize it to certain extent.
He was not of those who believed it was
only mushroom growth concern, and
in short time would be overthrown by
And its success and
progress to this day, successfully beating
down all armed opposition to its power and
authority, at least confirms the correctness
Of MIR. Robins early conclusions, from
which he never departed
Mr. Robins was not in sympathy with
the Soviet Influences Of Russia, not even
With Socialism. He says he simply ecup
nlzed and accepted the facts of the sit IA
hon. de saw country possessing
enormous natural resources, capable of
offering fine inducements for profitable
ade to other nations He saw In this
government the best that the people of
Russia could secure for themselves for
The present. In this respect, he believes
The situation offers but a choice between
Intervention and intercourse And he has
recommended intercourse, but thus far in :
vain.
Mr.. Robins story is very interesting
Ind sounds convincing. OF course, there