We see that the publishers of The White Wallet (Dent,
5s.)—a charming collection of verse and prose fragments brought together by Lady Grey of Fallodon—refer to the book as an anthology, but surely no anthology was ever quite so personal as this ? Thirty of the passages are by Lady Grey herself ; and no other writer except T. W. H. Crosland is nearly so well represented. A quotation from the latter will perhaps give the reader an idea of what to expect :—
" The morning stars sang together.
And a person of delicate ear and nice judgment discussed the singing at length, and showed how and wherein one star differed from another, and which was great and which was not.
And still the morning stars sang together."
Crosland had a peculiar genius for those little half-fables. Lady Grey writes in a kindred manner, and most of what she has chosen tram the works of other authors has the same distinction. The White Wallet is well worth looking into, and we would cordially recommend it to our readers.
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