Forms Wonmar oa CoNsloznaTung.—Son.gs of a Poet. By W. H.
F. (Belfast : M'Caw, Stevenson, and Orr. 2s.. 6d.)— "W. H. F.'s" book contains two quite good descriptions of distant mountains.—Shoots in the Stubble. By Max Plowman. (C. W. DanieL 5s.)—This book contains two poems worth reading : " To a Really Good Wohian " and " The Hate Song." They both contain a note of sincerity otherwise lacking and a capacity for irony not employed elsewhere. If the author wishes to write Nature poems, a study of " The Shropshire Lad " is recommended to him in order that he may learn to value simplioity.—The Desert and the Sown. By Margot Robert Adamson. (Selwyn and Blount. Ss. 6d.)—This book contains one attractive poem, " Twilight Beeches," the rest are common- place. Why has Miss Adamson borrowed Miss Gertrude Bell's title ?--Songs of a Sidra. By Vikmali Dass. (Erskine • Collected Parodies. By J. C. Squire.. London : Hodder and Stoughton. 178. ed. net' Macdonald. 4e. net.)—Translations. Some of the poems are rather sensual, but all have a certain cleverness. The following is a specimen :— " Tan ATATIBT.
At the College of Benares, Like my father before me,
And made Oblation to an idol made of jade, With ivory eyes, Hideous paunch, And in its navel A ruby." I have read Xenophon and Burke— Then,
Such is the way, Thakur Dada—
I have gone,
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