The war has brought out a crop of patriotic poems,
old and new, such as Songs and Sonnets for England in War Time, mostly reprinted from the daily papers (John Lane, ls. net); Remember Louvain ! a "little book of liberty and war," edited by "E. V. L.," and full of inspiriting verse (Methuen and Co., ls. net); When England Goes to War, a dignified and eloquent piece of poetical rhetoric, by William Macdonald (West- minster Press, ld.); Union Tack Lyrics, by F. J. Johnston- Smith (Erskine Macdonald, 6d. net); Patriotic Songs and Poems (same publisher, ld.); Ten Great Hymns for War Time (James Clarke and Co., ld. net).—We have also received Answer the Call, a spirited "marching song for the fighting men of 1914" (Paxton and Co., 95 New Oxford Street, is. net), words and music by " Ignotus," the proceeds from the sale of which are devoted to relief of the wounded and those suffer- ing from the war. The song, it should be added, can be sung in public without any fee.
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