The New York herald., 1922-05-07

THE VEIL, AND OTHER POEMS.
BY Walter de la Mare. Henry Holt
4 Co.
DOwN-ADOwN-D DERRY. BY Walter
De la Mare. With Illustrations by
Dorothy p. Lathrop. Henry Holt
& Co.
THE SWEPT HEARTH. AND OTHER
POEMS. BY Amory Hare. John
Lane Company.
SONGS AND MORE SONGS OF THE
GLENS OF ANTRIM. BY Mora
O'Neih The Macmillan Company
POEMS. BY Gerda Dalliba. With an
Introduction by Edwin Markham.
Duffield & Co.
HARLEM HADOwS-POEMS By
Claude Mckay. With an Introddc-
tion by Max Eastman. Harcourt
Brace & Co.
KINFOLKS. Kentucky Mountain
Rhymes. By Ann Cobb. Hough-
ton. Mifflin Company.
THE YALE RECORD BOOK OF
VERSE 1S72-1922. Yale U.-ivtr-
sity Press
WHITE APRIL BY Harold vinal.
The Yale Series of Younger Poets.
Yale University Press.
DREAMS AND A SWORD BY Me-
dora G. Addison. The Yale Series
of Younger Poets. Yale University
Press.
HOMEWORK AND HOBBYHORSES.
New Poems by Boys of the Perse
School Edited by II. Caldwell
Cook. E. p. Dutton & Co
THE 1RONMONGER- By s. \. De
Witt. Frank Shay.
FEW FIGS FROM THISTLES. BY
Edna st. Vincent Millay. Frank
Shay.
1.-TWO volumes of Walter De la
Mares distinctive measures
came together from the press
this spring like twin peaches on a
southern wall, mellow, fragrant, full
of their special flavor Or. if you
are particular about the figures. call
them two heavy clusters of aro-
matte grapes. sweet and strong and
pungent, full Of the magic wine
which his readers consume with such
gusto. You may have your choice
some of these little crystal cups are
filled with what is more like peach
brandy than new wine; others still
fiow smoothly upon the palate with
the suavity of unfermented, syrupy
juices of life. yet all are sparkling
with their latent meanings, to be
favored by little and little, in often
rereaSing.
or all the more than fifty poems in
the new book "The Veil' seems least
suited to the prominence of a title
poem: 1t may be that he chose it be-
cause it was one short word. con-
venient for a book case and sugges-
tive enough of mystery to fit in with
his whim and also pique the readers
has more of his own quality "The
Imp Within" might be a whimsical
adjuration to himself; it is printed
at the beginning of the book. And
the newt one, "The Old Angler is
characteristic" De la Mare from be-
ginning to end:
Twilight leaned mirrored in a pool
Where willow boughs swept green
and hoar,
silk-clear thy water calm and cool,
Silent the weedy shore.
This book contains much of this
poets rare beauty of expression. A
single grape from the thick cluster,
plucked almost at random, must
serve to tempt taste. The first
stanza of 1.-The Spirit of Air" is like
strained honey:
Coral and clear emerald,
And amber from the sea,
Lilac colored amethyst, chalcedony /;
The lovely spirit of air
Floats on a cloud and doth ride,
Clad in the beauties of earth
Like bride.
His frighten- -the-children manner
has less representation in this vol
ume, but here are two stanzas from
-Crazed":
] know a pool where nightshade preens
Her poisonous fruitage in the moon /;
Where the frail aspen her shadow
leans
In midnight cold a-swoon.
j saw crazed face, did l.
Stare from the lattice of a mill.
While the lank sails clacked idly by
High on the windy hill.
These close grained lines, often
grouped in narrow SPACE. invite