10 SEPTEMBER 1864, Page 22

Childhood " forms a complete collection of Mr. Barmby's poetry,

always cheerful and with a sort of odour of the woods of spring. The return of the swallow is in the octosyllabic metre, and tells a simple story of a young man who with his sweetheart's consent went with Garibaldi, was wounded, came home, and was married. There are also sqme gentle allusions to a nun who runs off with her lover, and is also happily married. The larger part of this volume is not new, and Mr. Barmby's readers know his merits.