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A BOOK OF VERSE FOR BOYS. Edited by C. Henry

Warren. (Grant. Richards. 2s. 6d,) This collection is to be recommended for use in schools, as it is sensibly compiled to appeal to children of all ages of school life. It contains some fine modern poems. Mr. Davies' " The 'Child and the Mariner " is particularly good. There is also a pleasant lack of verse of " noble sentiments," which it is customary to force on the innocent. Some verses in the volume border on this trendy classification, but they can do. no harm in such a sturdy garden of real emotion as is planted here--flowers from Shakespeare, Blake, Davies, Coleridge, Anonymous and the Bible.