THE COMING OF THE MOON. Compiled by E. M. Liddell.
(Burns, Oates and Co. 6s.) THE COMING OF THE MOON. Compiled by E. M. Liddell. (Burns, Oates and Co. 6s.) IN a whimsical foreword to this " anthology of quiet poetry," Mr. Martin Armstrong laments that doctors no longer, as in the Elizabethan drama, Make use'of "the effects produced by musical and poetic rhythm, or the emotional reactions which music, literature, and painting call forth." In this tastefully produced little book, however, we are presented with a selection of verse, old and modern, such as may be read to a tired patient. Though most of the poems deal with Nature in her gentler moods, they have been chosen as " con- forming to sound rather than to subject," and as being calcu- lated to provide a pathway into " the poppied fields of sleep."
DIGRESSIONS. By Stephen Coleridge. (Mills and Boon. 5s.) Tins little volume—written at odd moments " in the Law Courts at Assizes, in hotel bedrooms, in railway carriages, and in the library "—contains a further collection of brief essays or articles in the author's well-known manner. The writer commends himself to " simple, quiet folk, who desire to listen more to the heart than to the intellect, who respect magnanimity more than mental dexterity " ; and by such readers these unexciting but pleasant excursions into the country, the haunts of the law, and the byways of history and literature will be much enjoyed.
Previous page
