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Reviews And Reviews.
directly compasses the death of most of the characters before she relieves us by dying in horrible torments . It is a melodramatic and rather silly play , but strangely enough the verse is above the average ; perhaps the author has only mistaken his line , and may do better in some other branch of poetry . It appears that he originally intended to emulate George Psalmanazar , and invent a new language in which to convey his thoughts ; it was wise to abandon the idea , as it might have tended to make his audience an eclectic one . With his " one word " of praise we conclude these " selections " and this paper , which we hope may slightly amuse some of our readers .
A most delightful anthology from the higher class of national poetry is "English Odes , " edited by Edmund W . Gosse ( C . Kegan Paul ) , which is issued in the publishers' series entitled the " Parchment Library . " The editor ' s preface , giving a succinct account of the origin and progress of the ode , is good and to the purpose , whilst his selection has been very judiciously made . The range will be owned as comprehensive , since we find specimens of many of our best poets , from Spenser down to Mr . Swinburne . The extracts from Leyden , Warton , and Sir William Jones will be new to many . We do not ourselves consider these " reviews " at all unfair or too severe .
All reviewing is very- difficult just now , and that review to our mind is utterly worthless which neither aims at fairness nor seeks honestly to speak , perchance , '' unwelcome truth s . "
Literary Gossip.
LITERARY GOSSIP .
THE Burlington Magazine ( Remington and Co . ) , edited by that popular novelist , Miss Helen B . Mathers , has , by way of initial article , a powerfullywritten story of lowly life , entitled "Pretty Polly . " "A Dream of Dead Authors" is . a deli ghtfully readable , imaginative sketch , in which " the master minds of old " are compelled to rerisit " the glimpses of the moon . " There is also an amusing essay anent monkeysquaintly styled hy the writer
, " Our Poor Relations . " Among poetry , some pathetic verses by J . Keith Angus are particularly pleasing . " The Story of Sin , " a fascinating serial from the editor ' s accomplished pen , approaches the -climax in a manner most artistic . The Burlington runs its costlier rivals very close in the matter of literary excellence .
Among other highly-interesting papers in the current number of the elegant and useful Magazine of Art , is a picturesque description of Jersey , regarded as an artist's haunt , by Edward Bradbury .
" Follies and Fancies : a Medley in Metre " ( London : Society Offices , 108 , Fleet Street ) is the title of a modest little booklet of poems Avhich has recently come to hand . Horace Lennard ( " The Melancholy Jacques , " ivhose perennially interesting column called " The Folly of the Week , " which appears in the Wednesday edition of Society , has Avon him so many admirers ) is the author . This is not b y any means his first literary venture . We have pleasant
recollections of his " Busy Babylon ; " and " Lie-a-bed Lyrics , " by the same writer , has pulled us together in many a mauvais quart d'heure ; while we found another of Mr . Leunard's books , " Harmonies in Tricolor , " an invaluable vade mecum while wandering through the cosmopolitan thoroughfares of the Champ du Mars during last Paris Exhibition . In the present volume the author ' s talented pen traces in harmonious metre the most delightful verse . His muse ranges " from grave to gay , from lively to severe . " Here it is iwettily
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Reviews And Reviews.
directly compasses the death of most of the characters before she relieves us by dying in horrible torments . It is a melodramatic and rather silly play , but strangely enough the verse is above the average ; perhaps the author has only mistaken his line , and may do better in some other branch of poetry . It appears that he originally intended to emulate George Psalmanazar , and invent a new language in which to convey his thoughts ; it was wise to abandon the idea , as it might have tended to make his audience an eclectic one . With his " one word " of praise we conclude these " selections " and this paper , which we hope may slightly amuse some of our readers .
A most delightful anthology from the higher class of national poetry is "English Odes , " edited by Edmund W . Gosse ( C . Kegan Paul ) , which is issued in the publishers' series entitled the " Parchment Library . " The editor ' s preface , giving a succinct account of the origin and progress of the ode , is good and to the purpose , whilst his selection has been very judiciously made . The range will be owned as comprehensive , since we find specimens of many of our best poets , from Spenser down to Mr . Swinburne . The extracts from Leyden , Warton , and Sir William Jones will be new to many . We do not ourselves consider these " reviews " at all unfair or too severe .
All reviewing is very- difficult just now , and that review to our mind is utterly worthless which neither aims at fairness nor seeks honestly to speak , perchance , '' unwelcome truth s . "
Literary Gossip.
LITERARY GOSSIP .
THE Burlington Magazine ( Remington and Co . ) , edited by that popular novelist , Miss Helen B . Mathers , has , by way of initial article , a powerfullywritten story of lowly life , entitled "Pretty Polly . " "A Dream of Dead Authors" is . a deli ghtfully readable , imaginative sketch , in which " the master minds of old " are compelled to rerisit " the glimpses of the moon . " There is also an amusing essay anent monkeysquaintly styled hy the writer
, " Our Poor Relations . " Among poetry , some pathetic verses by J . Keith Angus are particularly pleasing . " The Story of Sin , " a fascinating serial from the editor ' s accomplished pen , approaches the -climax in a manner most artistic . The Burlington runs its costlier rivals very close in the matter of literary excellence .
Among other highly-interesting papers in the current number of the elegant and useful Magazine of Art , is a picturesque description of Jersey , regarded as an artist's haunt , by Edward Bradbury .
" Follies and Fancies : a Medley in Metre " ( London : Society Offices , 108 , Fleet Street ) is the title of a modest little booklet of poems Avhich has recently come to hand . Horace Lennard ( " The Melancholy Jacques , " ivhose perennially interesting column called " The Folly of the Week , " which appears in the Wednesday edition of Society , has Avon him so many admirers ) is the author . This is not b y any means his first literary venture . We have pleasant
recollections of his " Busy Babylon ; " and " Lie-a-bed Lyrics , " by the same writer , has pulled us together in many a mauvais quart d'heure ; while we found another of Mr . Leunard's books , " Harmonies in Tricolor , " an invaluable vade mecum while wandering through the cosmopolitan thoroughfares of the Champ du Mars during last Paris Exhibition . In the present volume the author ' s talented pen traces in harmonious metre the most delightful verse . His muse ranges " from grave to gay , from lively to severe . " Here it is iwettily