Among recent volumes of poetry received we would mention-
Mr. Wilfrid_ Thorley's charmingly bound and well.printed Bouquet from France (Harrap. 7s. 6d.). Mr. Thorley's translations of Verlaine, Jean Richepin and Albert Samain are really delightful ; he treads the thorny path of 'the translator with winged feet. A selection of -Arty-Three Poems, by Mr. Wilfrid Gibson, has been made by Dr. Parker for use in schools (Macmillan. Ss. fid.) We welcome these two volumes of poets whose work has appeared in the Spectator.
Poles apart from these two are the jazz-like lyrics of a' new negro poet,- Mr. Langston Hughes. - Mr. Carl van- Vechten, of New York, writes an interesting and perhaps rather lord-pitched introduction to The Weary Blues (Knopf. 5s.). There is a queer lilt to lines like these :
" Sing your Blues song, Pretty baby.
You want lovin.
And you don't mean maybe," which we venture to predict will cause Mr. Hughes to be . • heard of again. • * * *
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