17 JUNE 1865, Page 23

Fifty Modern Poems. By William A Hingham. (Bell and Dalcly.)—

This volume will not add much to the reputation of the author of Law- rence Bloomfielc4 nor at all lessen it. There is an admirable picture of the man who could do anything but did not do it, and what he comes to, in George Levison, and the songs called "Across the Sea" and "Down on the Shore" strike us as musical in their rhythm. They have all the great merit of being free from over effort.