15 JUNE 1867, Page 22

Norgate.)—The Son of the IVilds is perhaps the most popular

work of the Austrian poet, Baron Munch-Bellinghausen, whose nom de plume is Friedrich Hahn. The translation before us is flowing; easy, and not wanting in poetry, in spite of some abrupt lines and some forced ex- pressions. But as the dramatic poem is rendered into English, why is the German name of the tribe of Tectosages or Tectosagi preserved in its integrity ? The penultimate, too, should be short ; yet here it is lengthened, and " the Tectosagen " recur in a great many lines.