22 FEBRUARY 1868, Page 22

Poems from the Greek Mythology, and Miscellaneous Poems. By Edmund

Oilier. (Hotten.)—Some of the miscellaneous poems in this volume please us much more than the classical pieces with which it opens. We cannot say much for them. " The Masque of the New Year," "Starlight in the Garden," and " The City of Earthly Eden" are the productions of Mr. 011ier's muse to which we should attach most significance. In these the picture of summer stands out as almost the beat bit that could be detached if we had room for quoting it. But perhaps the whole poem of the starlit garden is more worthy of praise. On all there is the stamp of conscientious and artistic workmanship. Some make us think that Mr. Oilier has a touch of what is higher.