POEMS WORTHY OF CowsInznnnos.—Terra Polka. By Edward Stoner. (The Egoist
Press. 3s. &l.)—Many- of these little poems read like translations from the Anthology itself, and are recommended to all those who love the South as it really is and not as seen through the eyes of guide books and Thomas Cook's travel bureau.—Two Foemen. By Herbert Edward Palmer. (Elkin Mathews. 2s. 6d.)—The volume opens with some punning verses on the author's name, and this revival of an Elizabethan custom is pleasing. The rest of the poem' are mostly sentimentally religious in tone and disappointing in style. —Poems. By Edward L. Davison. (G. Bell. Is. (id.)—The author is a lesser Georgian and a protege of Mr. J. C. Squire. He is at his best in a poem called " At a Melodrama," which has an eighteenth-century flavour. The Rising Tide. By Dr. Arthur Whitby. (Elkin Mathews. Ss.)—A study of the works of William Blake and Mr. do la Mate is to he recommended to Dr. Whitby that he may learn the value of simplicity of language. —Old English Ballads. By Hyder E. Rollins. (Cambridge University Press. 18s. 6d.)—This imposing volume, containing many rare ballads, should prove invaluable to all interested in the subject. Professor Rollins has been both energetic and thorough in his work.
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