New Britain herald., 1925-03-09

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 Now there's Lady Gregory'a Book of Saints and Wonders which gives quaint legends of Brigit, columcile, and the Blessed Patrick himself. UT her Gods and Fighting Men ana Cuchulain of Muirtheme. And Sons o'cormac by Dunbar gives the ie- gends of Cormac, Dermain. Etains and Maeve which are so delightfully."- woven into James stephens Tn the Land of Youth" Celtic Twilights byt Yeats gives fragrants of Irish folk lore with little sketches of the inter- osting way they were passed on to him, usually by "oldest inhabitants
 Songs of Erin.
 Can you imagine a really satlsfy- Ing not too highbrow concert without at least one Irish song on the pro- gram? Yet If we think over our Ia vorites they are really very few among the. wealth that have been written in praise Of Ireland or with fl Celtic flavor about them. Song Lore
 of Ireland by Redfern Mason IS a
 most interesting account of the way
 these lyrics with their music were
 composed and handed down to us.
 There are chapters on bards ana
 minstrels, songs of joy and sorrow
 songs of the fairies and spirit world | the curse of Cromwell and the dawn
 ing of the day.
 But for sheer refreshment Of spirit
 there is nothing like Padraic Colum s
 Anthology of Irish Verse. The poems
 are taken from writers old and new
 and reflect every kind of mood and
 fancy. There are simple honey
 songs of mouse, road, field, fain ana
 fircside," gay street and country
 side songs," poems of place and ot
 exile, satires and laments. personal
 poems and a charming section on
 the Celtic world and the realm ot
 fairy. The Dublin Book of Irish verse edited by Cooke and Irish Poets oi Today by Walters give tantalizine samuples from the best Of Celtic verse.
 And then of course there is the ? work of individual poets which VIC don't dare to start talking about Ledwidge, Let's, Yeats, Strong, A. F . and all the rest.
 l To get an excellent idea of th' 9 wealth Of recent Irish literature, on' I should read Changing Ireland by N S ]. O'Connor. This contains essays oi B the literary background of the lrisi
 Free state touching both the worl of individual authors and the gen eral trend of the new movements V These are charming in style and th V quotations here and there serve = whet ones appetite most delight fully. The Celtic Dawn by Morri
 covers much the same ground show ing the growing use of the stron :. simple Anglo-Irish peasant ldlof 7, which makes the plays of synge s " stirring. He also gives interestin
 sidelights on the chief writers l o each field. ...-.-, ~ BOOK OF OPERAS AND SECONl S' BOOK OF OPERAS, by H. F ;. Krehbiel.
 'l More than collections Of bar 'o plots. The author weaves into tn |" discussion of each opera a grei 'H deal of information about the con poser about the music, about strit te ing events connected with creauo |" and presentation. Will appeal pol
 to the musician and the ordinai ..ss music lover.
 H. DEAD RECKONlNGs IN flCIlo se by Dorothy Brewster and Ang' H. Burrell.
 ot Two professors in Columbia ur h. yersity here present detailed +11te nd -pretation and comparative analys d. of some of the group of importa ps modern writers. By means of luci IS nontheoretical analysis they succe IT, in bringing the works of Jam' an France. Tcheckov and other WI nd CTS within the intellectual reach ng even the most unassuming read ent and in demonstrating to him t it. difference between art and "jt
 fiction
 tly FCGGER NEWS LETTERS, 15t ics 1905.
 he A series of letters, now for er- first time brought in print, GOV ay. ing dramatic events and conditic ngs in the later half of the 18th c ems tury. These letters were writ at- from the capitols and great DO an. of Europe by correspondents of
 Fuggers who were the great bal hat CTS and also the great publishers but the period.
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 ink HOW TO KEEP WELL, by A.. an Currier.
 x or A book that answers thousa any of health questions written by Will h