Poems and Hymns. By Henry Cary Shuttleworth. Collected and Edited
by Edward H. A. Koch, MA. (The Priory Press. Is. 6d. net.)—Professor Shuttleworth was accustomed to send to his friends during the last years of his life Christmas and Easter verses. He wrote, on occasions, a few hymns, and a small number of other verses, religious and secular. These, published in various periodicals, are now for the first time collected. Many will be glad to have this memorial of a remarkable personality. His poems want finish. We cannot find one to quote that is without blemish. Still, they reflect a fine and spiritual in- telligence. Here are some lines from one of the best ; it was written on a Christmas-card, which had the 'Fighting Temeraire • on its reverse .—
" No darkness shrouds her, but a sheen of glory Shed round about her from her battles done, Each golden deed of all her hero-story, Gemmed in you aureole of the setting.sun.
So down thy life'e last reaches, 0 my father. Thou, like a stately ship, art moving on."
Canon Scott Holland writes a brief biographical notice, which would have been improved by the omission of a very harsh phrase. Shuttleworth, whatever his appreciation of "a strong Catholic and sacramental creed," would hardly have spoken of a "horrible Calvinistic caricature," least of all when he had" passed under the powerful influence of the teaching associated with Kingsley and Maurice."
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