trated some verses of his own, about one hundred and
forty in. number, with forty drawings. The verses are of a fanciful kind, with some sort of allegorical meaning in them,—perhaps, we may say, seeming oppositions in Nature harmonised. There is a tourney of the Knights of the Lily and of the Rose, and then a reconciliation, "Queen Summer" thus speaking to each warrior :—
" Read in the fortune of your fray
Fit emblem sweet of Unity. Nor Rose nor Lily plant on high, But sale by side in equal right And pleasant cheer the Red and White : That men and maids be glad to see Ala ays in pleasant company Life and Love close linked together,
And strong to bear Time's wintry weather."
The literary quality, it will be seen, is not much. The art is of the decorative kind, in which Mr. Crane excels. The designs would be very effective on a wall ; they do not appear to great advantage in their present form. Still, such pictures as that on p. 33, illustrating the lines,—
" Peace then in all my borders be Beneath the silveni olive-tree,"
would be attractive anywhere.
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