POEMS WORTFIY OF CONSIDER kTION.—Poem8 By a Little Girl, By
Hilda Conkling. (G. Harrap. 4s. Od.)—For the ages specified in the preface these poems are a remarkable achievement. They contain imagination and a depth of feeling unusual in a child if the youthful poet continues to develop she should one day prove a considerable artist, though the fate of most infant prodigies is not a happy one.—The Daffodil Book. By E. L. Fowler. (Sidgwick and Jackson. 2a.)—This anthology for the use of schools is selected in an original way and contains many poems not ueually found in such books. Its moderate price should make it valuable for educational purposes.—Gems of ihs Poor. By E. Stuart Monro. (Elkin Mathews. 2a.)— Anyone who has worked in a Government office will appreciate " Magistor Ceremoniarum "—the man who sets the archangels to rights about their own business. The rest of the poems would be better if the author would eliminate the words "turquoise"
and " subtile " from his vocabulary.—Oxford Poetry, 1917- 1920. (Blackwell. 7s. 6d.)—The chronological order of the book makes it confusing to read because poems by the same authors are scattered through the book. The level is not a high one most of the better known of the Oxford poets having contributed second-rate stuff. Mr. Burt of Balliol has some attractive lines. "Pilot and Cloud" and Mr. Kitchin of Exeter's At a Cinema " are clever and short.—Arachne. By A. Eden Phillpotts. (Cecil Palmer. 3s.)—A poetic play on classic lines that might prove suitable for acting among amateurs. Miss Phillpotts bears a distinguished name and seems to possess Some of the family talent.
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